| 3. Morphological Analysis ve-shamru {וְשָׁמְרוּ | wə-šam-rû}: they shall keep (vav consecutive + Qal perfect • third person masculine plural) • mishmartkha {מִשְׁמַרְתְּךָ | miš-mar-tĕ-kā}: your duty (feminine singular construct with second person masculine singular suffix) • u-mishmeret {וּמִשְׁמֶרֶת | ū-miš-mĕ-rĕt}: and the duty (vav conjunction + feminine singular) • kol-ha’ohel {כָּל־הָאֹהֶל | kol-hā-ʾō-hel}: all the tent (kol + definite article + singular noun) • akh {אַךְ | ʾakh}: but (restriction particle) • el-klei {אֶל־כְּלֵי | ʾel-kĕ-lê}: to the vessels (preposition + plural construct noun) • ha-kodesh {הַקֹּדֶשׁ | ha-qō-ḏeš}: the holy (definite article + masculine singular noun) • ve-el-ha-mizbeach {וְאֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ | wə-ʾel-ham-miz-bē-aḥ}: and to the altar (vav conjunction + preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun) • lo-yikravu {לֹא יִקְרָבוּ | lō yik-rā-vū}: they shall not come near (negation particle + Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • ve-lo-yamutu {וְלֹא־יָמֻתוּ | wə-lō-yā-mu-tū}: and they shall not die (vav conjunction + negation particle + Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • gam-hem {גַּם־הֵם | gam-hēm}: also they (adverb + third person masculine plural pronoun) • gam-atem {גַּם־אַתֶּם | gam-ʾat-tem}: also you (adverb + second person masculine plural pronoun) |