| 4. Morphological Analysis vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ | va-yō-merū}: and they said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • ish {אִ֣ישׁ | ʾîš}: man; each man (noun • masculine singular absolute) • el {אֶל־ | ʾel}: to (preposition) • achiv {אָחִ֑יו | ʾā-ḥî-w}: his brother (noun • masculine singular construct with third person masculine singular suffix) • nitt’nah {נִתְּנָ֥ה | nit-te-nā}: let us appoint; let us give (Niphal cohortative • first person common plural) • rosh {רֹ֖אשׁ | rō-š}: head; leader (noun • masculine singular absolute) • venashuvah {וְנָשׁ֥וּבָה | wə-nā-šū-vāh}: and let us return (vav-consecutive • Qal cohortative • first person common plural) • mitzraymah {מִצְרָֽיְמָה | miṣ-rā-y-mah}: to Egypt (noun • feminine singular with directive he) |