| 1. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | va-yō-mer}: and he said (vav consecutive; Qal imperfect; third person masculine singular) • Yahweh {יְהוָה֙ | yĕ-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun; divine name; masculine singular) • el {אֶל־ | ʾel}: to (preposition) • Mosheh {מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mō-šéh}: Moses (proper noun; masculine singular) • emor {אֱמֹ֥ר | ʾĕ-mōr}: say (Qal imperative; masculine singular) • el {אֶל־ | ʾel}: to (preposition) • hakkohanim {הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים | ha-kkō-hă-nîm}: the priests (noun; masculine plural; definite) • bnei {בְּנֵ֣י | bĕ-nê}: sons of (noun; masculine plural construct) • Aharon {אַהֲרֹ֑ן | ʾa-hă-rōn}: Aaron (proper noun; masculine singular) • ve-amarta {וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ | wə-ʾā-mar-tā}: and you shall say (vav consecutive; Qal perfect; second person masculine singular) • aleihem {אֲלֵהֶ֔ם | ʾă-lê-hem}: to them (preposition + pronoun suffix; third person masculine plural) • le-nefesh {לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ | lə-nĕ-p̄eš}: to a soul (preposition + noun; feminine singular) • lo {לֹֽא | lōʾ}: not (negation particle) • yitamma {יִטַּמָּ֖א | yiṭ-ṭa-māʾ}: he shall defile himself (Qal imperfect; third person masculine singular; reflexive) • be-ammav {בְּעַמָּֽיו | bĕ-ʿammāy}: among his people (preposition + noun construct + pronominal suffix; masculine plural with third person singular suffix) |