| 3. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • Yehoshua {יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ | yə-hō-šū-ʾa}: Joshua (proper noun • masculine singular) • el {אֶל־ | ʾel}: to (preposition) • benei {בְּנֵ֣י | bənê}: sons of (noun • masculine plural construct) • Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | Yiśrāʾēl}: Israel (proper noun • masculine singular) • ad-anah {עַד־אָ֙נָה֙ | ʿad-ʾānā(h)}: until when (interrogative adverb) • atem {אַתֶּ֣ם | attēm}: you (personal pronoun • second person masculine plural) • mitrapim {מִתְרַפִּ֔ים | mitrappîm}: are you being slack (Hitpael participle • masculine plural) • lavo {לָבוֹא֙ | lāḇōʾ}: to come (Qal infinitive construct) • lareshet {לָרֶ֣שֶׁת | lārešet}: to possess (Qal infinitive construct) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct object marker (particle) • haaretz {הָאָ֔רֶץ | hāʾāreṣ}: the land (noun • feminine singular) • asher {אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾăšer}: which/that (relative pronoun) • natan {נָתַ֣ן | nāṯān}: he gave (Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • lachem {לָכֶ֔ם | lāḵem}: to you (preposition + pronoun suffix • second person masculine plural) • Yahweh {יְהוָ֖ה | Yəhōwāh}: LORD (Tetragrammaton • proper noun • divine name) • Elohei {אֱלֹהֵ֥י | ʾĕlōhê}: God of (construct of Elohim • noun • masculine plural with singular meaning) • avoteichem {אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ | ʾāḇōṯêykem}: your fathers (noun • masculine plural construct + pronoun suffix • second person masculine plural) |