| 4. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִי֙ | wə·yĕ·hî}: and it happened (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • acharei {אַחֲרֵי | ʾă·ḥă·rê}: after (preposition) • ken {כֵּן | kēn}: then (adverb) • vata’amod {וַתַּעֲמֹ֧ד | wa·ta·ʿă·mōḏ}: and stood (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person feminine singular) • milchamah {מִלְחָמָ֛ה | mîl·ḥā·māh}: war (noun feminine singular absolute) • beGezer {בְּגֶ֖זֶר | bə·ḡe·zêr}: in Gezer (preposition + proper noun) • im-Pelishtim {עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | ʿim-plî·šṯîm}: with the Philistines (preposition + proper noun masculine plural) • az {אָ֣ז | ʾāz}: then (adverb) • hikkah {הִכָּ֞ה | hî·ḵāh}: struck (Hiphil perfect third person masculine singular) • Sibbekai {סִבְּכַ֣י | sib·bĕ·ḵai}: Sibbekai (proper noun masculine singular) • haChushati {הַחֻֽשָׁתִ֗י | ha·ḥûš·šā·ṯî}: the Hushathite (adjective with definite article) • et-Sippai {אֶת־סִפַּ֛י | ʾeṯ-sip·pāy}: direct object marker + Sippai (proper noun masculine singular) • miyildei {מִילְדֵ֥י | mîn·yl·dê}: from the descendants of (preposition + noun masculine plural construct) • haRephaim {הָרְפָאִ֖ים | ha·rĕ·pā·ʾîm}: the Rephaim (proper noun masculine plural) • vayikkane’u {וַיִּכָּנֵֽעוּ | wə·yi·ḵăn·nə·ʿū}: and they were subdued (vav-consecutive Nifal imperfect third person masculine plural) |