| 8. Morphological Analysis vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | va-yo-me-ru}: and they said (waw consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • mi {מִי | mi}: who (interrogative pronoun) • echad {אֶחָד | ʾe-ḥāḏ}: one (cardinal numeral • masculine singular) • mishivtei {מִשִּׁבְטֵי | miš-šî-ḇṯê}: tribes of (noun • masculine plural construct) • yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā-ʾēl}: Israel (proper noun • masculine singular) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer}: who (relative particle) • lo-alah {לֹא־עָלָה | lōʾ-ʿā-lāh}: did not go up (negation particle + Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • el-Yahweh {אֶל־יְהוָה | ʾel-Yə-hō-wāh}: to the LORD (preposition + Tetragrammaton proper noun) • ha-mitzpah {הַמִּצְפָּה | ha-miẓ-pāh}: the Mizpah (definite article + proper noun • feminine singular) • ve-hinne {וְהִנֵּה | wə-hin-nēh}: and behold (conjunction + demonstrative particle) • lo {לֹא | lōʾ}: not (negation particle) • ba-ish {בָא־אִישׁ | bāʾ-ʾîš}: came man (Qal perfect • third person masculine singular + noun • masculine singular) • el-ha-machaneh {אֶל־הַמַּחֲנֶה | ʾel-ha-ma-ḥa-nêh}: to the camp (preposition + definite article + noun • masculine singular) • miyaveish {מִיָּבֵישׁ | mî-ya-ḇê-š}: from Jabesh (preposition + proper noun • masculine singular) • gilad {גִּלְעָד | gil-ʿāḏ}: Gilead (proper noun • masculine singular) • el-ha-kahal {אֶל־הַקָּהָל | ʾel-ha-qā-hāl}: to the assembly (preposition + definite article + noun • masculine singular absolute) |