| 8. Morphological Analysis vayakumu {וַיָּקֻ֥מוּ | wayyāqûmû}: and they rose (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • ha’anāšîm {הָאֲנָשִׁים | hāʾănāšîm}: the men (definite article + noun • masculine plural) • vayyēlēḵû {וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ | wayyēlēḵû}: and they went (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • vayyṣaw {וַיְצַ֣ו | wayyṣaw}: and he commanded (vav-consecutive • Piel imperfect • third person masculine singular) • Yehoshua {יְהוֹשֻׁ֡עַ | Yəhôšūaʿ}: Joshua (proper noun) • ’et-haholēḵîm {אֶת־הַהֹלְכִים֩ | ʾet-hahôlĕḵîm}: the ones going (direct object marker + Qal participle • masculine plural) • likhtōḇ {לִכְתֹּ֨ב | liḵtôḇ}: to write (Qal infinitive construct) • ’et-hahā’āreṣ {אֶת־הָאָ֜רֶץ | ʾet-hāʾāreṣ}: the land (direct object marker + noun • feminine singular) • lē’êmôr {לֵאמֹ֗ר | lēʾmôr}: saying (infinitive construct • introducing speech) • lᵉḵû {לְכוּ | lᵉḵû}: go (Qal imperative • second person masculine plural) • wəhitḥalləḵû {וְהִתְהַלְּכ֨וּ | wəhitḥalləḵû}: and walk about (vav + Hitpael imperative • second person masculine plural) • bā’āreṣ {בָאָ֜רֶץ | bāʾāreṣ}: in the land (preposition + noun • feminine singular) • wəḵittəḇû {וְכִתְב֤וּ | wəḵittəḇû}: and write (vav + Qal imperative • second person masculine plural) • ʾôtāh {אוֹתָהּ֙ | ʾôtāh}: it (feminine singular pronominal suffix) • wəšûḇû {וְשׁוּבוּ | wəšûḇû}: and return (vav + Qal imperative • second person masculine plural) • ʾêlāy {אֵלַ֔י | ʾêlāy}: to me (preposition + pronominal suffix) • ûpō {וּפֹה | ûpō}: and here • ’ašlîḵ {אַשְׁלִ֨יךְ | ’ašlîḵ}: I will cast (Hifil imperfect • first person singular) • lāḵem {לָכֶ֥ם | lāḵem}: for you (preposition + pronominal suffix) • gôrāl {גּוֹרָ֛ל | gôrāl}: lot (noun • masculine singular) • lip̄nê {לִפְנֵ֥י | lip̄nê}: before (preposition + construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָ֖ה | Yəhōwāh}: the LORD (divine name) • bəšîlô {בְּשִׁלֹֽה | bəšîlô}: in Shiloh (preposition + proper noun) |