| 2. Morphological Analysis vayillonu {וַיִּלֹּנוּ | way·yillō·nû}: and they grumbled (vav consecutive + piel imperfect third masculine plural) • al {עַל | ʿal}: against (preposition) • Moshe {מֹשֶׁה | Mô·šê}: Moses (proper noun) • ve-al {וְעַֽל־ | wə·ʿal}: and against (conjunction + preposition) • Aharon {אַהֲרֹן | ʾá·hă·rôn}: Aaron (proper noun) • kol {כֹּל | kôl}: all (noun masculine singular absolute) • benei {בְּנֵי | bə·nê}: sons of (construct masculine plural) • Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | Yiś·rā·ʾēl}: Israel (proper noun) • vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | way·yō·mər·û}: and they said (vav consecutive + qal imperfect third masculine plural) • alehem {אֲלֵהֶם | ʾă·lē·hem}: to them (preposition + suffix third masculine plural) • kol-haedah {כָּל־הָעֵדָה | kôl-hā-ʿē·dāh}: the whole assembly (noun feminine singular with article) • lu {לוּ | lû}: if only (particle expressing wish) • matnu {מַתְנוּ | maṯ·nû}: we had died (qal perfect first common plural) • be-eretz {בְּאֶרֶץ | bᵊ-ʾe·reṣ}: in the land of (preposition + noun feminine singular construct) • Mitsrayim {מִצְרַיִם | Miṣ·rā·yim}: Egypt (proper noun) • o {אוֹ | ʾō}: or (conjunction) • ba-midbar {בַּמִּדְבָּר | ba·mid·bār}: in the wilderness of (preposition + noun masculine singular with article) • hazzeh {הַזֶּה | ha·zzeh}: this (demonstrative masculine singular absolute) • lu-matnu {לוּ־מָתְנוּ | lû-maṯ·nû}: if only we had died (particle + qal perfect first common plural) |