| 14. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wā-yō-mer}: and he said (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • shemu'el {שְׁמוּאֵל | šəmûʾēl}: Samuel (proper noun masculine singular) • u {וּ | ū}: and (conjunction) • meh {מֶה | mē}: what (interrogative pronoun) • qol {קוֹל | qōl}: sound (noun masculine singular absolute) • ha-tson {הַצֹּאן | ha-ṣōʾān}: the flock (definite noun masculine singular) • ha-zeh {הַזֶּה | ha-zēh}: this (demonstrative masculine singular) • be-oznai {בְּאָזְנָי | bə-ʾōzānāy}: in my ears (preposition + noun masculine dual + first person singular suffix) • ve-qol {וְקוֹל | wə-qōl}: and sound (conjunction + noun masculine singular absolute) • ha-bakar {הַבָּקָר | ha-bā-qār}: the cattle (definite noun masculine singular collective) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer}: which (relative particle) • anokhi {אָנֹכִי | ʾā-nō-ḵî}: I (independent pronoun first person singular) • shomea {שֹׁמֵעַ | šō-mē-ʿā}: hearing (Qal participle masculine singular) |