| 38. Morphological Analysis et {אֵת | ʾêṯ}: mark of the direct object (particle) • machtot {מַחְתּוֹת | macḥtôṯ}: censers (noun • feminine plural construct) • ha-choteim {הַחֹטְאִים | ha-ḥōṭ'îm}: the sinners (qal active participle • masculine plural with definite article) • ha-eleh {הָאֵלֶּה | hā-’êlleh}: these (demonstrative pronoun • masculine plural) • benafshotam {בְּנַפְשׁוֹתָם | bə-naf-šōṯām}: at the cost of their lives (preposition + noun • feminine plural construct + third person masculine plural suffix) • veasu {וְעָשׂוּ | wə-‘āśū}: and they shall make (vav consecutive + verb • Qal perfect • third person masculine plural) • otam {אֹתָם | ’ôtām}: them (third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) • rikuei {רִקֻּעֵי | riqqū'ê}: hammered-out (qal passive participle • masculine plural construct) • pachim {פַחִים | paḥîm}: plates (noun • masculine plural absolute) • tsipui {צִפֻּי | ṣippûy}: overlay (noun • masculine singular absolute; appositive) • lamizbeach {לַמִּזְבֵּחַ | lam-mizbēaḥ}: for the altar (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) • kî-hiqrîvû {כִּי־הִקְרִיבוּ | kî-hiqrîvû}: because they presented (conjunction + verb • Hiphil perfect • third person masculine plural) • otam {אֹתָם | ’ôtām}: them (third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) • lifnei {לִפְנֵי | li-pənê}: before (preposition + noun • masculine plural construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name • Tetragrammaton) • vayyikdashu {וַיִּקְדָּשׁוּ | wayyiqqaḏāšû}: and they became holy (vav consecutive + verb • Niphal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • veyihyu {וְיִהְיוּ | wə-yihyû}: and they shall be (vav consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • leot {לְאוֹת | lə-’ôṯ}: for a sign (preposition + noun • feminine singular absolute) • livnei {לִבְנֵי | li-venê}: for the children of (preposition + noun • masculine plural construct) • yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | Yiśrāʼēl}: Israel (proper noun • masculine singular absolute) |