| 2. Morphological Analysis vayered {וַיֵּרֶד֩ | wayyĕreḏ}: and he went down (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect verb • third person masculine singular) • lekets {לְקֵ֨ץ | ləqêṣ}: at the end of (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute) • shanim {שָׁנִים | šānîm}: years (noun • masculine plural absolute) • el-achav {אֶל־אַחְאָב֙ | ʾel-aḥʾāv}: to Ahab (preposition + proper noun • masculine singular absolute) • lishomron {לְשֹׁמְרוֹן | ləšōmrōn}: to Samaria (preposition + proper noun • feminine singular absolute) • vayizbakhlo {וַיִּזְבַּֽח־ל֨וֹ | wayyizbaḥlô}: and he slaughtered for him (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect verb • third person masculine singular • with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • achav {אַחְאָב | ʾaḥʾāv}: Ahab (proper noun • masculine singular absolute) • tson {צֹאן | ṣôn}: sheep (noun • feminine singular absolute) • uvakar {וּבָקָר | ūvaqqār}: and cattle (conjunction + noun • masculine singular absolute) • larov {לָרֹב | lārôḇ}: in abundance (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute) • velaam {וְלָעָם | wəlāʿām}: and for the people (conjunction + preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer}: who (relative pronoun) • immo {עִמּ֑וֹ | ʿimmô}: with him (preposition + pronominal suffix • third person masculine singular) • vaysittehu {וַיְסִיתֵ֕הוּ | wayyəssittehû}: and he incited him (vav-consecutive Hifil imperfect verb • third person masculine singular • with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • laalot {לַעֲל֖וֹת | laʿălôt}: to go up (preposition + verb • Qal infinitive construct) • el-ramot {אֶל־רָמ֥וֹת | ʾel-rāmôt}: to Ramoth (preposition + proper noun • feminine plural absolute) • gilad {גִּלְעָֽד | Gilʿād}: Gilead (proper noun • feminine singular absolute) |