| 21. Morphological Analysis wayya'anu {וַיַּעֲנוּ֙ | wā-ya-‘ănû}: and they answered (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect verb • third person masculine plural) • bnei {בְּנֵי | bᵊ-nê}: sons of (noun • masculine plural construct) • Reuven {רְאוּבֵן | rᵉ-ʾû-vên}: Reuben (proper noun • masculine singular) • ubnei {וּבְנֵי | û-bᵊ-nê}: and sons of (conjunction vav + noun • masculine plural construct) • Gad {גָד | gād}: Gad (proper noun • masculine singular) • wachatzi {וַחֲצִי | wā-ḥă-ṣî}: and half of (conjunction vav + noun • masculine singular construct) • shevet {שֵׁבֶט | šê-ḇeṭ}: tribe (noun • masculine singular absolute) • hammenashsheh {הַמְנַשֶּׁה | ham-mə-naš-šeh}: the Manasseh (definite article + proper noun • masculine singular construct) • wayyedabberu {וַיְדַבְּר֜וּ | wā-yə-dab-bə-rû}: and they spoke (vav-consecutive + Piel imperfect verb • third person masculine plural) • et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ}: direct-object marker (particle) • rashei {רָאשֵׁי | rā-šê}: heads of (noun • masculine plural construct) • alfei {אַלְפֵי | ʾal-p̄ê}: thousands of (noun • masculine plural construct) • Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yis-rā-ʾêl}: Israel (proper noun • masculine singular) |