| 10. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִי | wa-yə-hî}: and it was (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • livnei {לִבְנֵי | li-və-nê}: to the sons of (preposition + masculine plural construct) • Aharon {אַהֲרֹן | ʾă-hă-rôn}: Aaron (proper noun • masculine singular) • mimishpechot {מִמִּשְׁפְּחוֹת | mim-miš-pə-ḥôt}: from the families of (preposition + feminine plural construct) • hakehati {הַקְּהָתִי | ha-qə-hā-thî}: the Kohathite (definite article + gentilic adjective masculine singular) • mibnei {מִבְּנֵי | mibbə-nê}: from the sons of (preposition + masculine plural construct) • Levi {לֵוִי | lē-wî}: Levi (proper noun • masculine singular) • ki {כִּי | kî}: for • because (conjunction) • lahem {לָהֶם | lā-hem}: to them (preposition + third person masculine plural suffix) • hayah {הָיָה | hā-yâ}: it was (Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • hagoral {הַגּוֹרָל | ha-gō-rāl}: the lot (definite article + noun masculine singular) • rishonah {רִיאשֹׁונָֽה | ri-ʾšō-nâ}: first (feminine singular absolute) |