| 23. Morphological Analysis ve-lo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ}: and not (conjunction + negative particle) • shameu {שָֽׁמְעוּ | šā-mə-ʿû}: they heard (verb • Qal perfect tense • third person masculine plural) • ve-lo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ}: and not (conjunction + negative particle) • hithu {הִטּוּ | hiṭ-ṭû}: they inclined (verb • Hiphil perfect tense • third person masculine plural) • et-oznam {אֶת־אָזְנָם | ʾeṯ-ʾoz-nām}: their ear (direct object marker + noun • feminine singular construct with third person masculine plural suffix) • vayakshu {וַיַּקְשׁוּ | way-yaq-šû}: they stiffened (verb • Hiphil wayyiqtol • third person masculine plural) • et-arpam {אֶת־עָרְפָּם | ʾeṯ-ʿar-pām}: their neck (direct object marker + noun • masculine singular construct with third person masculine plural suffix) • le-bilti {לְבִלְתִּי | lə-ḇil-ti}: so as not (preposition + infinitive construct with negative purpose) • shemoa {שְׁמֹעַ | šə-mōaʿ}: to hear (infinitive construct) • u-le-bilti {וּלְבִלְתִּי | u-lə-ḇil-ti}: and so as not (conjunction + preposition + infinitive construct with negative purpose) • kachat {קַחַת | qa-ḥat}: to take (infinitive construct) • musar {מוּסָר | mû-sār}: instruction (noun • masculine singular absolute) |