| 23. Morphological Analysis vayya‘asu-kên {וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵן | wayyaʿăšû-kên}: and they did so (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural + adverb) • bənê {בְּנֵי | bə-nê}: sons of (construct • masculine plural) • binyāmin {בִנְיָמִ֔ן | bin-yā-min}: Benjamin (proper noun) • wayyaśʼû {וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ | wayyaśû}: and they took (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • nāšîm {נָשִׁים | nā-šîm}: women (noun • feminine plural) • ləmispārām {לְמִסְפָּרָ֔ם | li-mis-pār-ām}: according to their number (preposition + noun masculine singular with third person masculine plural suffix) • min-hammĕḥollelôt {מִן־הַמְּחֹלְל֖וֹת | min-ham-me-ḥol-lōṯ}: from the dancers (preposition + definite article + feminine plural participle) • ’ăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer}: whom (relative particle) • gāzālû {גָּזָ֑לוּ | gā-zā-lû}: they seized by force (Qal perfect • third person masculine plural) • wayyaʼêleḵû {וַיֵּלְכוּ | wayyaʼêlĕ-kû}: and they went (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • wayyašūvû {וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ | wayyašūvû}: and they returned (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • ’el-naḥălātām {אֶל־נַ֣חֲלָתָ֔ם | ’el-na-ḥă-lā-tām}: to their inheritance (preposition + noun feminine singular construct with third person masculine plural suffix) • wayyibnû {וַיִּבְנוּ֙ | wayyaib-nû}: and they built (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • ’et-hă’ărîm {אֶת־הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים | ’et-hă-’ă-rîm}: the cities (direct object marker + definite article + noun masculine plural) • wayyašēvû {וַיֵּשׁ֖בוּ | wayyašēvû}: and they settled (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • bāhēm {בָּהֶֽם | bâ-hēm}: in them (preposition + pronominal suffix • third person masculine plural) |