| 1. Morphological Analysis wayyaaspu {וַיַּאַסְפוּ | wayyaʾaspū}: and they gathered (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • pelishtim {פְּלִשְׁתִּים | pĕlišṯīm}: Philistines (proper noun masculine plural) • et-machanehem {אֶת־מַֽחֲנֵיהֶם | ʾet-maḥănêhēm}: their camps (direct object marker + noun masculine plural construct with third person masculine plural suffix) • la-milchamah {לַמִּלְחָמָה | la-miḥāmāh}: for battle (preposition lamed + definite article with feminine singular absolute noun) • wayyeaspou {וַיֵּאָסְפוּ | wayyēʾaspū}: and they assembled (vav consecutive Nifal imperfect third person masculine plural) • sokhoh {שֹׂכֹה | sōḵōh}: Socoh (proper noun feminine singular) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾāšer}: which (relative pronoun) • lihudah {לִיהוּדָה | liḥūdāh}: in Judah (preposition lamed + proper noun masculine singular) • wayyahanu {וַיַּחֲנוּ | wayyaḥănū}: and they encamped (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • bein-sokhoh {בֵּין־שׂוֹכֹה | bēn-sōḵōh}: between Socoh (preposition + proper noun) • u-bein-azekah {וּבֵין־עֲזֵקָה | ūbēn-ʿăzēqāh}: and between Azekah (conjunction vav + preposition + proper noun) • be-efes {בְּאֶפֶס | bĕʾepes}: at Efes (preposition + proper noun) • dammim {דַּמִּֽים | dammîm}: Dammim (proper noun masculine plural) |