| 15. Morphological Analysis vayeirdu {וַיֵּרְד֤וּ | wâ-yē-rə-ḏû}: and they went down (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • avoteinu {אֲבֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ | ’ă-vo-tê-nû}: our fathers (noun masculine plural construct with first person common plural suffix) • mitzraymah {מִצְרַ֔יְמָה | mî-ṣ-rā-y-māh}: to Egypt (proper noun feminine singular with locative he) • vaneshev {וַנֵּ֥שֶׁב | wan-nē-šēḇ}: and we dwelled (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect first person common plural) • bemitzrayim {בְּמִצְרַ֖יִם | bə-mî-ṣ-rā-yim}: in Egypt (preposition + proper noun feminine plural absolute) • yamim {יָמִ֣ים | yā-mîm}: days (noun masculine plural absolute) • rabbim {רַבִּ֑ים | rab-bîm}: many (adjective masculine plural absolute) • vayyareu {וַיָּרֵ֥עוּ | wâ-yā-rē-ʿû}: and they mistreated (Hiphil imperfect third person masculine plural) • lanu {לָ֛נוּ | lā-nû}: to us (preposition + first person common plural suffix) • mitzrayim {מִצְרַ֖יִם | mî-ṣ-rā-yim}: Egypt (proper noun feminine plural absolute) • velaavoteinu {וְלַאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ | wə-la-’ă-vo-tê-nû}: and to our fathers (conjunction + preposition + noun masculine plural construct with first person common plural suffix) |