| 9. Morphological Analysis vayetse’u {וַיֵּצְאוּ֙ | wayyēṣēʾû}: and they went out (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third-person masculine plural) • bənê {בְּנֵ֣י | bənê}: sons of (noun construct • masculine plural) • ʿammôn {עַמּ֔וֹן | ʿammôn}: Ammon (proper noun • masculine singular) • wayyaʿarēḵû {וַיַּֽעַרְכ֥וּ | wayyaʿarēḵû}: and they drew up (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third-person masculine plural) • milḥāmâ {מִלְחָמָ֖ה | milḥāmâ}: battle (noun • feminine singular absolute) • pəṭaḥ {פֶּ֣תַח | pəṭaḥ}: entrance (noun • masculine singular absolute) • hā’ir {הָעִ֑יר | hā’ir}: the city (noun • feminine singular absolute) • wə-hamməlāḵîm {וְהַמְּלָכִים | wə-hamməlāḵîm}: and the kings (conjunction vav + noun • masculine plural absolute) • ’ăšer-bā’û {אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֔אוּ | ’ăšer-bā’û}: who had come (relative pronoun + Qal perfect • third-person masculine plural) • lə-baddām {לְבַדָּ֖ם | lə-baddām}: by themselves (preposition + pronoun suffix • masculine plural) • basāḏeh {בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃ | basāḏeh}: in the field (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute) |