| 20. Morphological Analysis vayaʿazōv {וַיַּעֲזֹב | wayyāʿăzōḇ}: and he left (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct-object marker • habbāqār {הַבָּקָר | ha-bā-qār}: the oxen (noun • masculine plural definite) • wayyārāṣ {וַיָּרָץ | wayyārāṣ}: and he ran (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • ʾaḥărê {אַחֲרֵי | ʾaḥărê}: after (preposition) • ʾĕlîyāhû {אֵלִיָּהוּ | ʾĕ-lî-yā-hû}: Elijah (proper noun • masculine singular) • wayyōʾmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōʾmer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • ʾešqā-nāʾ {אֶשְׁקָה־נָּא | ʾeš-qāʾ-nāʾ}: let me kiss • please (Qal cohortative first person singular + emphatic particle nāʾ) • lə-ʾāḇî {לְאָבִי | lə-ʾā-ḇî}: to my father (preposition + noun • masculine singular construct + first person singular suffix) • ū-lə-ʾimmî {וּלְאִמִּי | ū-lə-ʾimmî}: and to my mother (conjunction + preposition + noun • feminine singular construct + first person singular suffix) • wə-ʾēl-ḵāh {וְאֵלְכָה | wə-ʾēl-ḵāh}: and I will go (conjunction + Qal cohortative first person singular) • ʾaḥărê-khā {אַחֲרֶיךָ | ʾaḥărê-khā}: after you (preposition + second person masculine singular suffix) • wayyōʾmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōʾmer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • lō {לוֹ | lō}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • lêkh {לֵךְ | lêkh}: go (Qal imperative masculine singular) • šûḇ {שׁוּב | šûḇ}: return (Qal imperative masculine singular) • kî {כִּי | kî}: for • because (conjunction) • mēh-ʿāśîṯî {מֶה־עָשִׂיתִי | mēh-ʿāśîṯî}: what I have done (interrogative pronoun + Qal perfect first person singular) • lāḵ {לָךְ | lāḵ}: to you (preposition + second person masculine singular suffix) |