| 6. Morphological Analysis im-ki {אִם־כִּי | ʾim-kī}: if indeed (conditional particle plus conjunction) • yechesar {יֶחְסַר | yekhe-sar}: he will miss (qal imperfect third masculine singular) • avi {אָבִי | ’a-vî}: my father (noun masculine singular construct plus first person singular suffix) • mimeni {מִמֶּנִּי | mim-men-nî}: from me (preposition plus first person singular suffix) • kol-hayom {כָּל־הַיּוֹם | kol-ha-yôm}: all the day (noun phrase with adjective kol plus definite article) • ve-amarta {וְאָמַרְתָּ | wə-’āmar-tā}: and you said (vav conjunction plus qal perfect second masculine singular) • lo {לֹא | lō’}: not (negation particle) • hish’alti {הִשְׁאַלְתִּי | his-she-’al-tî}: I asked leave (qal perfect first person singular) • milifnav {מִלְּפָנָיו | mil-le-fa-nav}: from before him (preposition plus noun construct plus third person masculine singular suffix) • la-rutz {לָרוּץ | lā-rûṣ}: to run (qal infinitive construct) • beit-lechem {בֵּית־לֶחֶם | bêṯ-le-ḥem}: Bethlehem (proper noun feminine singular in construct) • iro {עִירוֹ | ’î-rô}: his city (noun feminine singular plus third person masculine singular suffix) • ki-sham {כִּי־שָׁם | kî-šām}: for there (conjunction plus locative adverb) • zevach-chag {זֶבַח־חַג | ze-vaḥ-ḥag}: festival sacrifice (noun masculine singular construct) • le-khol-hamishpacha {לְכָל־הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה | lə-khol-ha-miš-pā-ḥā}: for all the family (preposition plus noun phrase with adjective kol plus definite noun). |