| 7. Morphological Analysis vayyiskeru {וַיִּשְׂכְּרוּ֣ | wayyiškə-rû}: and they hired (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third-person masculine plural) • lāhêm {לָהֶ֡ם | lāhêm}: for themselves (preposition + third-person masculine plural suffix) • shenayim {שְׁנַיִם֩ | šnayim}: two (masculine dual absolute numeral) • usheloshim {וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים | ū-šəlōšîm}: and thirty (conjunction + masculine plural absolute numeral) • elef {אֶ֜לֶף | ʾēleph}: thousand (masculine singular absolute numeral) • rekhev {רֶ֗כֶב | rĕ-ḵêḇ}: chariots (masculine singular collective noun) • we-et- {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet-}: and (definite direct-object marker) • melekh {מֶ֤לֶךְ | mēlekh}: king (masculine singular absolute noun) • maʿăkāh {מַעֲכָה֙ | maʿăkāh}: Maakah (proper noun • kingdom name) • we-et- {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet-}: and (definite direct-object marker) • ʿammô {עַמּ֔וֹ | ʿammô}: his people (masculine singular construct + third-person masculine singular suffix) • vayyāḇōʾû {וַיָּבֹ֕אוּ | vay-yā-ḇōʾû}: and they came (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third-person masculine plural) • vayyachanu {וַֽיַּחֲנוּ | way-yaḥănû}: and they camped (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third-person masculine plural) • lifnei {לִפְנֵ֣י | li-ppənê}: before (preposition) • meideva {מֵידְבָ֑א | mēʾīḏə-bāʾ}: Medeba (proper noun • city name) • uvene {וּבְנֵ֣י | ū-bənē}: and sons of (conjunction + masculine plural construct) • ammon {עַמּ֗וֹן | ʿammôn}: Ammon (proper noun • nation name) • ne-esfu {נֶאֶסְפוּ֙ | nǝʾæs̆pū}: were gathered (Nifʿal perfect third-person masculine plural) • meareihem {מֵעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם | mē-ʿā-rē-hēm}: from their cities (preposition + feminine plural absolute noun + third-person masculine plural suffix) • vayyāḇōʾû {וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ | vay-yā-ḇōʾû}: and they came (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third-person masculine plural) • lammilchamah {לַמִּלְחָמָֽה | la-milḥā-mâ}: to the battle (preposition + feminine singular absolute noun + definite article). |