| 17. Morphological Analysis va’arivah {וָאָרִ֕יבָה | wâ·ʾă·rî·ḇā}: and I contended (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect first person singular) • et {אֵ֖ת | ʾēṯ}: direct object marker (preposition) • khorei {חֹרֵ֣י | ḥō·rē}: nobles (noun masculine plural construct) • Yehudah {יְהוּדָ֑ה | yᵊhû·ḏā(h)}: Judah (proper noun) • va’omrah {וָאֹמְרָ֣ה | wâ·ʾō·mə·rā}: and I said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect first person singular) • lahem {לָהֶ֗ם | lā·hem}: to them (preposition + third person masculine plural suffix) • mah-hadavar {מָֽה־הַדָּבָ֨ר | mā(h)-haḏ·dā·ḇār}: what the thing (interrogative pronoun + noun masculine singular with definite article) • hara {הָרָ֤ע | hā·rāʿ}: the evil (adjective masculine singular with definite article) • hazeh {הַזֶּה֙ | ha·zzeh}: this (demonstrative masculine singular) • asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă·šer}: that (relative pronoun) • attem {אַתֶּ֣ם | ʾaṯ·tem}: you (second person masculine plural pronoun) • osim {עֹשִׂ֔ים | ʿō·šîm}: are doing (Qal active participle masculine plural) • u-mechallelim {וּמְחַלְּלִ֖ים | wə·me·ḥal·lel·lîm}: and are profaning (vav conjunction + Piel participle masculine plural) • et-yom {אֶת־י֥וֹם | ʾeṯ-yôm}: direct object marker + day (preposition + noun masculine singular) • ha-shabbat {הַשַׁבָּֽת | ha·šā·bat˒}: the Sabbath (noun masculine singular with definite article). |