| 13. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וֽ͏ַיְהִ֗י | wə·yĕ·hî}: and it was (vav consecutive • qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • ki {כִּ֤י | kî}: when/because (conjunction) • chazku {חֽ͏ָזְקוּ֙ | ḥā·zqû}: they grew strong (qal perfect • third person masculine plural) • bnei {בְּנֵ֣י | bənê}: sons of (noun • construct masculine plural) • Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | Yiś·rā·ʾêl}: Israel (proper noun) • vayitnu {וַיִּתְּנ֥וּ | way·yiṯ·nû}: and they put/set (vav consecutive • qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct object marker • hakena‘ani {הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י | hak·kən·aʿ·ăn·nî}: the Canaanite (noun • masculine singular definite) • lamas {לָמַ֑ס | lā·mas}: for forced labor/tribute (preposition + noun) • vehoresh {וְהוֹרֵ֖שׁ | wə·hō·rēš}: and dispossessing (vav consecutive • hiphil infinitive absolute) • lo {לֹ֥א | lōʾ}: not (negative particle) • horisho {הוֹרִישֽׁוֹ | hō·riš·ô}: did they dispossess him (hiphil perfect • third person masculine plural with third person masculine singular suffix) |