| 5. Morphological Analysis vayomeru {וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ | wayyōʾmerū}: and they said (vav-consecutive qāl imperfect third person masculine plural) • bennê {בְּנֵ֣י | bennê}: sons of (plural construct masculine) • yiśrāʾēl {יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yiśrāʾēl}: Israel (proper noun masculine singular) • mî {מִ֠י | mî}: who (interrogative pronoun) • ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾăšer}: that/who (relative pronoun) • lōʾ {לֹא־ | lōʾ}: not (negation) • ʿālāh {עָלָ֧ה | ʿālāh}: went up (qāl perfect third person masculine singular) • baqqāhāl {בַקָּהָ֛ל | baqqāhāl}: in the assembly (preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular) • mikkōl {מִכָּל־ | mikkōl}: from all (preposition + noun masculine singular) • šivṯê {שִׁבְטֵ֥י | šivṯê}: tribes of (plural construct masculine) • yiśrāʾēl {יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yiśrāʾēl}: Israel (proper noun masculine singular) • ʾel {אֶל־ | ʾel}: to (preposition) • Yahweh {יְהוָ֑ה | Yahweh}: the LORD (divine name) • kî {כִּי֩ | kî}: for/because (conjunction) • haššəḇûʿāh {הַשְּׁבוּעָ֨ה | haššəḇûʿāh}: the oath (definite article + noun feminine singular) • haggədôlāh {הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה | haggədôlāh}: the great (definite article + adjective feminine singular) • hāyttāh {הָיְתָ֗ה | hāyttāh}: it was (qāl perfect third person feminine singular) • ləʾăšer {לַאֲשֶׁר | ləʾăšer}: for whoever (preposition + relative pronoun) • lōʾ {לֹא־ | lōʾ}: not (negation) • ʿālāh {עָלָ֨ה | ʿālāh}: went up (qāl perfect third person masculine singular) • ʾel {אֶל־ | ʾel}: to (preposition) • hammîṣpâh {הַמִּצְפָּ֛ה | hammîṣpâh}: the Mizpah (definite article + proper noun feminine singular) • lēʾmôr {לֵאמֹ֖ר | lēʾmôr}: saying (preposition + qāl infinitive construct) • mōṯ {מ֥וֹת | mōṯ}: death/to die (infinitive construct) • yûmatt {יוּמָֽת | yûmatt}: he shall be put to death (hôfʿal imperfect third person masculine singular) |