| 43. Morphological Analysis ve-im {וְאִם | wə-ʾim}: conjunction + conditional particle • yashuv {יָשׁוּב | yā-šûv}: Qal imperfect third person masculine singular “returns” • ha-nega {הַנֶּגַע | ha-nē-‘ā}: definite article + noun masculine singular absolute “the affliction” • u-farach {וּפָרַח | û-pā-raḥ}: conjunction vav + Qal perfect third person masculine singular “and spreads” • ba-bayit {בַּבַּיִת | ba-ba-yîṯ}: preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular absolute “in the house” • achar {אַחַר | ’aḥār}: preposition “after” • chillets {חִלֵּץ | ḥil-lēṣ}: Piel perfect third person masculine singular “he has torn out” • et {אֶת | ’et}: direct object marker • ha-avanim {הָאֲבָנִים | hā-’ă-vā-nîm}: definite article + noun feminine plural absolute “the stones” • ve-acharei {וְאַחֲרֵי | wə-’ă-ḥă-rê}: conjunction vav + preposition “and after” • hiqtsot {הִקְצוֹת | hiq-ṣōṯ}: Hiphil perfect third person masculine singular “he has scraped” • et {אֶת | ’et}: direct object marker • ha-bayit {הַבַּיִת | hā-ba-yîṯ}: definite article + noun masculine singular absolute “the house” • ve-acharei {וְאַחֲרֵי | wə-’ă-ḥă-rê}: conjunction vav + preposition “and after” • hittoach {הִטּוֹחַ | hit-tō-aḥ}: Qal infinitive construct functioning as verbal noun “plastering” |