| 27. Morphological Analysis vayish'alu {וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ | way·yiš·ʾa·lû}: and they inquired (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • bnei {בְנֵֽי | bᵊ·nê}: sons of (noun • masculine plural construct) • Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yis·rā·ʾēl}: Israel (proper noun • masculine singular) • ba-Yahweh {בַּֽיהוָ֑ה | ba·Yahweh}: in the LORD (preposition + Tetragrammaton) • ve-Sham {וְשָׁ֗ם | wə·šām}: and there (conjunction + adverb) • aron {אֲרוֹן֙ | ʾā·rōn}: ark (noun • masculine singular absolute) • brit {בְּרִ֣ית | bə·rît}: covenant (noun • feminine singular absolute) • ha-Elohim {הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים | hā·ʾĕ·lō·hîm}: the God (definite article + noun • masculine plural with singular meaning) • ba-yamim {בַּיָּמִ֖ים | ba·yā·mîm}: in the days (preposition + noun • masculine plural absolute) • ha-hem {הָהֵֽם | hā·hēm}: those (definite article + demonstrative • masculine plural) |