| 12. Morphological Analysis vayemale {וַיְמַלֵּ֤א | wayya-mallēʾ}: and he installed (vav consecutive + Piel imperfect third person masculine singular) • Mikhah {מִיכָה֙ | Mî-kāh}: Micah (proper noun masculine singular) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct object marker (particle) • yad {יַ֣ד | yād}: hand (noun • feminine singular absolute) • haLevi {הַלֵּוִ֔י | ha-lēwî}: the Levite (definite article + proper noun masculine singular) • vayehi-lo {וַיְהִי־ל֥וֹ | wayyaḥî-lō}: and he became for him (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular + preposition + pronominal suffix third person masculine singular) • ha-naar {הַנַּ֖עַר | ha-nāʿar}: the young man (definite article + noun masculine singular absolute) • le-kohen {לְכֹהֵ֑ן | le-kōhên}: to serve as priest (preposition + noun masculine singular absolute) • vayehi {וַיְהִ֖י | wayyaḥî}: and he was (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • be-beit {בְּבֵ֥ית | bə-bêṯ}: in the house of (preposition + noun masculine singular construct) • Mikhah {מִיכָֽה׃ | Mî-kāh}: Micah (proper noun masculine singular) |