| 24. Morphological Analysis vehayah {וְהָיָה | wə-hā-yāh}: and it will be (conjunction + verb • Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • im {אִם־ | ʾim}: if (conditional particle) • shamoa {שָׁמֹעַ | šā-mō-aʿ}: hearing (infinitive absolute • Qal) • tishme'un {תִּשְׁמְעוּן | tiš-mə-ʿûn}: you will surely listen (verb • Qal imperfect • second person masculine plural) • elai {אֵלַי | ʾē-lay}: to Me (preposition + first person singular suffix) • ne'um {נְאֻם־ | nə-ʾum}: utterance (noun • masculine singular absolute • “oracle/declaration of”) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name) • levilti {לְבִלְתִּי | lə-ḇil-tî}: so as not (preposition + negative particle) • havi {הָבִיא | hā-ḇîʾ}: to bring (verb • Hiphil infinitive construct) • massa {מַשָּׂא | mas-śāʾ}: burden (noun • masculine singular absolute) • besharei {בְּשַׁעֲרֵי | bə-ša-ʿă-rê}: in the gates of (preposition + noun • masculine plural construct) • ha'ir {הָעִיר | hā-ʿîr}: the city (noun • feminine singular absolute) • hazot {הַזֹּאת | haz-zōṯ}: this (demonstrative pronoun • feminine singular) • beyom {בְּיוֹם | bə-yōm}: on the day (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute) • hashabbat {הַשַּׁבָּת | ha-šab-bāṯ}: the Sabbath (noun • masculine singular absolute) • u-leqaddesh {וּלְקַדֵּשׁ | ū-lə-qad-dēš}: and to sanctify (conjunction + verb • Piel infinitive construct) • et-yom {אֶת־יוֹם | ʾet-yōm}: direct object marker + day (particle + noun • masculine singular) • hashabbat {הַשַּׁבָּת | ha-šab-bāṯ}: the Sabbath (noun • masculine singular absolute) • levilti {לְבִלְתִּי | lə-ḇil-tî}: so as not (preposition + negative particle) • asot {עֲשׂוֹת | ʿă-śōṯ}: to do (verb • Qal infinitive construct) • bo {בּוֹ | bō}: in it (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • kol-melakhah {כָּל־מְלָאכָה | kol-mə-lā-ʾāḵāh}: all work (noun • construct chain: adjective + noun; feminine singular). |