| 28. Morphological Analysis vayyelek {וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ | wayyēleḵ}: and he went (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • vayyimṣāʾ {וַיִּמְצָ֤א | wayyimṣāʾ}: and he found (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct-object marker (particle; no English equivalent) • nivlātô {נִבְלָתוֹ֙ | nivlātô}: his corpse (noun • feminine singular + third person masculine singular suffix) • mūšlekhet {מֻשְׁלֶ֣כֶת | mušlekhet}: thrown (Qal passive participle feminine singular) • ba-dereḵ {בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ | ba-dereḵ}: on the road (preposition + noun with definite article) • wa-ḥămor {וֽ͏ַחֲמוֹר֙ | wa-ḥămor}: and a donkey (vav-consecutive + noun • masculine singular) • wə-hā-ʾaryeh {וְהָ֣אַרְיֵ֔ה | wə-hā-ʾaryeh}: and the lion (conjunction + noun with definite article) • ʿōmḏîm {עֹמְדִ֖ים | ʿōmḏîm}: standing (Qal active participle masculine plural) • ʾēṣel {אֵ֣צֶל | ʾēṣel}: beside (preposition) • han-nəvelāh {הַנְּבֵלָ֑ה | han-nəvelāh}: the corpse (noun with definite article) • lō-ʾāḵal {לֹֽא־אָכַ֤ל | lō-ʾāḵal}: did not eat (negation + Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • hā-ʾaryeh {הָֽאַרְיֵה֙ | hā-ʾaryeh}: the lion (noun with definite article) • ʾet-han-nəvelāh {אֶת־הַנְּבֵלָ֔ה | ʾet-han-nəvelāh}: the corpse (direct-object marker + noun with definite article) • wə-lō šāḇar {וְלֹ֥א שָׁבַ֖ר | wə-lō šāḇar}: and did not maul (conjunction + negation + Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • ʾet-hă-ḥă-môr {אֶֽת־הַחֲמֽוֹר | ʾet-hă-ḥă-môr}: the donkey (direct-object marker + noun with definite article) |