| 2. Morphological Analysis vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | wayyāḇōʾ}: and came (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • haʿam {הָעָם | hā-ʿām}: the people (definite article + noun • masculine singular) • beit-el {בֵּֽית־אֵ֔ל | bēt ʾēl}: Bethel (proper noun • construct form) • wayyišəḇû {וַיֵּשְׁבוּ | wayyišəḇû}: and they sat (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • šām {שָׁם | šām}: there (adverb) • ʿad-hāʿereḇ {עַד־הָעֶ֔רֶב | ʿad hāʿereḇ}: until the evening (preposition + definite article + noun • masculine singular) • lipnê {לִפְנֵי | lipnê}: before/in the presence of (preposition + noun in construct • masculine singular) • hāʾĕlōhîm {הָאֱלֹהִים | hāʾĕlōhîm}: the God (definite article + plural noun with singular meaning) • wayyisʾû {וַיִּשְׂאוּ | wayyisʾû}: and they lifted (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • qōlām {קוֹלָם | qōlām}: their voice (noun • masculine singular + third person plural suffix) • wayyibkû {וַיִּבְכּוּ | wayyibkû}: and they wept (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • bəkî {בְּכִי | bəkî}: weeping (noun • masculine singular construct) • gāḏôl {גָּדוֹל | gāḏôl}: great (adjective • masculine singular) |