| 2. Morphological Analysis vayakrivu {וַיַּקְרִ֙יבוּ֙ | vayyaqrîvû}: “and they brought near” (vav-consecutive Hiphil imperfect third person masculine plural) • nesi’ei {נְשִׂיאֵ֣י | nəsî’ê}: “leaders” (noun common masculine plural construct) • Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yiśrā’ēl}: “Israel” (proper noun masculine singular) • rashei {רָאשֵׁ֖י | rā’sê}: “heads” (noun common masculine plural construct) • beit {בֵּ֣ית | bêṯ}: “house” (noun common feminine singular construct) • avotam {אֲבֹתָ֑ם | ’ăṯōtām}: “their fathers” (noun common masculine plural construct with third person masculine plural suffix) • hem1 {הֵ֚ם | hêmm}: “they” (pronoun independent masculine plural) • nesi’ei2 {נְשִׂיאֵ֣י | nəsî’ê}: “leaders” (noun common masculine plural construct) • hamatot {הַמַּטֹּ֔ת | hammattōṯ}: “the tribes” (noun common feminine plural absolute with definite article) • hem2 {הֵ֥ם | hêmm}: “they” (pronoun independent masculine plural) • haomdim {הָעֹמְדִ֖ים | ha’ômdîm}: “the ones standing” (participle Qal masculine plural definite) • al {עַל־ | ’al}: “over” (preposition) • hapequdim {הַפְּקֻדִֽים | happəquddîm}: “the ones counted” (participle Qal passive masculine plural definite) |