Exodus 18:17

וַיֹּ֛אמֶר חֹתֵ֥ן מֹשֶׁ֖ה אֵלָ֑יו לֹא־טֹוב֙ הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתָּ֖ה עֹשֶֽׂה׃

Then Moshe’s father-in-law said to him, “The thing you are doing is not good.

Morphology

1. וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (vayomer) – Root: אמר (ʾ-m-r); Form: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3ms with vav consecutive; Translation: “Then he said”; Notes: Indicates direct speech.
2. חֹתֵ֥ן (ḥoten) – Root: חתן (ḥ-t-n); Form: Noun, masculine singular construct; Translation: “Father-in-law”; Notes: Refers to Yitro, Moshe’s father-in-law.
3. מֹשֶׁ֖ה (Moshe) – Root: N/A; Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Moshe”; Notes: The one being addressed.
4. אֵלָ֑יו (elav) – Root: אל (ʾ-l); Form: Preposition + 3ms suffix; Translation: “To him”; Notes: Indicates the direction of the speech.
5. לֹא־טֹוב֙ (lo-tov) – Root: טוב (ṭ-w-b); Form: Negative particle + Adjective, masculine singular absolute; Translation: “Not good”; Notes: Expresses disapproval of the action.
6. הַדָּבָ֔ר (hadavar) – Root: דבר (d-b-r); Form: Noun, masculine singular absolute with definite article; Translation: “The thing”; Notes: Refers to Moshe’s actions as described earlier.
7. אֲשֶׁ֥ר (asher) – Root: N/A; Form: Relative pronoun; Translation: “That”; Notes: Introduces the clause describing the action.
8. אַתָּ֖ה (attah) – Root: N/A; Form: Pronoun, 2ms; Translation: “You”; Notes: Refers to Moshe.
9. עֹשֶֽׂה׃ (oseh) – Root: עשה (ʿ-s-h); Form: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular; Translation: “Are doing”; Notes: Indicates the ongoing nature of the action.