| 3. Morphological Analysis vayitnu {וַיִּתְּנוּ | wayyiṯnû}: and they gave (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • benei {בְנֵי־ | bə-nê}: sons of (noun • masculine plural construct) • yisra’el {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiśrā’ēl}: Israel (proper noun • masculine singular) • la-leviyim {לַלְוִיִּם | la-lewi-yîm}: to the Levites (preposition + noun • masculine plural with definite article) • minaḥalotam {מִנַּחֲלָתָם | mi-nă-ḥă-lā-tām}: from their inheritance (preposition + noun • feminine singular construct + third person masculine plural suffix) • el {אֶל־ | ’el}: to/according to (preposition) • pi {פִּי | pî}: mouth/word (noun • masculine singular construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yəhôwâ}: LORD (proper noun • divine name) • ’et {אֶת־ | ’et}: direct object marker (particle) • he’arim {הֶעָרִים | he-‘ā-rîm}: the cities (noun • feminine plural with definite article) • ha’elleh {הָאֵלֶּה | hā-’ellēh}: these (demonstrative pronoun • feminine plural) • ve’et {וְאֶת־ | wə-’et}: and + direct object marker (conjunction + particle) • miḡrešeihen {מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶן | miḡ-rə-šê-hên}: their pasturelands (noun • feminine plural construct + third person feminine plural suffix) |