| 4. Morphological Analysis vayashev {וַיָּ֥שֶׁב | wayyāšeḇ}: and he returned (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • et-hakkeseph {אֶת־הַכֶּ֖סֶף | ʾet-hak-ke-śeph}: direct object marker + the silver (particle + noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) • leimmo {לְאִמּ֑וֹ | ləʾimmō}: to his mother (preposition + noun with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • vattikkakh {וַתִּקַּ֣ח | wattikkāḥ}: and she took (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person feminine singular) • immo {אִמּוֹ֩ | immō}: his mother (noun with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • maatayim {מָאתַ֨יִם | māʿattayīm}: two hundred (numeral • dual) • kesef {כֶּ֜סֶף | keśeph}: silver (noun • masculine singular absolute) • vattittenehu {וַתִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ | wattittənēhû}: and she gave it (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person feminine singular + pronominal object suffix) • latzoref {לַצּוֹרֵ֗ף | laṣṣōrēp̣}: to the silversmith (preposition + noun • masculine singular) • wayyaasehu {וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ | wayya‘ăśēhû}: and he made it (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular + pronominal object suffix) • pesel {פֶּ֣סֶל | peśel}: carved image (noun • masculine singular absolute) • umassekha {וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה | umasseḵāh}: molten image (conjunction + noun • feminine singular absolute) • vayehi {וַיְהִ֖י | wayəhî}: and it came to be (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • beveit {בְּבֵ֥ית | bᵉwêt}: in the house of (preposition + noun in construct • masculine singular) • mikhayehu {מִיכָֽיְהוּ | mīḵāʾyāhû}: Micah (proper noun • masculine singular) |