| 5. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wāyōmer}: and he said (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third masculine singular) • aḥʾāḇ {אַחְאָב֙ | ʾaḥʾāḇ}: Ahab (proper noun masculine singular) • ʾel-ʿovadyāhû {אֶל־עֹ֣בַדְיָ֔הוּ | ʾel-ʿōḇaḏyāhû}: to Obadiah (preposition + proper noun masculine singular) • lēk {לֵ֤ךְ | lēk}: go (Qal imperative masculine singular) • bāʾāreṣ {בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ | bāʾāreṣ}: in the land (preposition + noun feminine singular definite) • ʾel-kōl-maʿyanê {אֶל־כָּל־מַעְיְנֵ֣י | ʾel-kōl-maʿyanê}: to all springs of (preposition + noun masculine plural construct) • hammayyim {הַמַּ֔יִם | hammayyim}: the waters (definite article + noun masculine plural absolute) • wəʾel {וְאֶ֖ל | wəʾel}: and to (conjunction + preposition) • kōl-hanəḥālîm {כָּל־הַנְּחָלִ֑ים | kōl-hanəḥālîm}: all the streams (noun masculine plural absolute with definite article) • ʾûlay {אוּלַ֣י | ʾûlay}: perhaps (particle) • nimṣāʾ {נִמְצָ֣א | nimṣāʾ}: we may find (Niphal imperfect first person common plural) • ḥāṣîr {חָצִיר֗ | ḥāṣîr}: grass (noun masculine singular absolute) • ūnəḥayyê {וּנְחַיֶּה֙ | ūnəḥayyê}: and we may preserve alive (vav-consecutive + Piel imperfect first person plural) • sûs {ס֣וּס | sûs}: horse (noun masculine singular absolute) • wāpered {וָפֶ֔רֶד | wāpered}: and mule (vav-consecutive + noun masculine singular absolute) • wəlōʾ {וְל֥וֹא | wəlōʾ}: and not (conjunction + negative particle) • nakhriṯ {נַכְרִ֖ית | nakhriṯ}: we destroy (Hiphil imperfect first person common plural) • mēhabbehēmāh {מֵהַבְּהֵמָֽה׃ | mēhabbehēmāh}: from the livestock (preposition + noun feminine singular definite) |