| 21. Morphological Analysis vayihyu {וַיִּֽהְיוּ | va-yih-yû}: and they were (verb • Qal imperfect with vav consecutive • third person masculine plural) • he'arim {הֶעָרִים | he-ʾâ-rîm}: the cities (noun • feminine plural with definite article) • miketzeh {מִקְצֵה | miq-ṣêh}: from the end/edge (preposition min + noun ketzeh • masculine singular construct) • lematteh {לְמַטֵּה | le-maṭ-têh}: for the tribe (preposition lamed + noun matteh • masculine singular absolute) • bnei {בְנֵי | be-nê}: sons (noun • masculine plural construct) • Yehudah {יְהוּדָה | Yehû-dāh}: Judah (proper noun • tribal name • masculine singular) • el-gevul {אֶל־גְּבוּל | ʾel-gə-wûl}: to the border (preposition el + noun gevul • masculine singular absolute) • Edom {אֱד֖וֹם | ʾĕ-ḏô-m}: Edom (proper noun • neighboring nation • masculine singular) • ba-negvah {בַּנֶּ֑גְבָּה | ba-ne-ḡḇāh}: in the Negev (preposition be + noun negbah • feminine singular) • Kabtze'el {קַבְצְאֵ֥ל | qab-ṣə-ʾêl}: Kabzeel (proper noun • city • masculine singular) • ve-eder {וְעֵ֖דֶר | wə-ʿê-ḏer}: and Eder (conjunction vav + proper noun • city • masculine singular) • ve-yagur {וְיָגֽוּר | wə-yā-gûr}: and Jagur (conjunction vav + proper noun • city • masculine singular). |