| 16. Morphological Analysis vay’hi {וַיְהִ֣י | way·yə·hî}: and it happened (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • bədabro {בְּדַבְּר֣וֹ | bə·dab·rō}: when he was speaking (preposition + Piel infinitive construct with third person masculine singular suffix) • elav {אֵלָ֗יו | ʾê·lâv}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wa·yō·mer}: and he said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • lo {לוֹ֙ | lō}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • halyo‘ets {הַלְיוֹעֵ֤ץ | hal·yo·ʿēṣ}: the counselor (definite article + Hifil participle • masculine singular) • lamelekh {לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ | la·me·lêḵ}: to the king (preposition + definite article + noun • masculine singular) • netanukha {נְתַנּ֔וּךָ | nə·tan·nû·ḵā}: have we appointed you (Niphal perfect • first person plural + second person masculine singular suffix) • chadal-lekha {חֲדַל־לְךָ֖ | ḥa·ḏal-le·ḵā}: cease for yourself (Qal imperative • masculine singular + second person masculine singular suffix) • lamah {לָ֣מָּה | lā·mmāh}: why (interrogative adverb) • yakukha {יַכּ֑וּךָ | ya·kū·ḵā}: should they strike you (Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural + second person masculine singular suffix) • vayekhdal {וַיֶּחְדַּל֙ | wa·yeḥ·ḏal}: and he stopped (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • hanavi {הַנָּבִ֗יא | han·nă·vî}: the prophet (definite article + noun • masculine singular) • vayomer {וַיֹּ֙אמֶר | wa·yō·mer}: and he said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • yadati {יָדַ֗עְתִּי | yā·ḏa·tî}: I have known (Qal perfect • first person singular) • ki-ya‘atz {כִּֽי־יָעַ֤ץ | kî-yā·‘aṣ}: for he counseled (conjunction + Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • Elohim {אֱלֹהִים֙ | ʾĕ·lō·hîm}: God (noun • masculine plural in form • singular in meaning) • lehashchitecha {לְהַשְׁחִיתֶ֔ךָ | lə·haš·ṣî·ṯe·ḵā}: to destroy you (preposition + Hifil infinitive construct + second person masculine singular suffix) • ki-asita {כִּֽי־עָשִׂ֣יתָ | kî·‘ā·śî·tā}: because you have done (conjunction + Qal perfect • second person masculine singular) • zot {זֹּ֔את | zōṯ}: this (demonstrative feminine singular) • velo {וְלֹ֥א | wə·lō}: and not (conjunction + negation) • shamata {שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ | šā·ma·tā}: you have heard (Qal perfect • second person masculine singular) • la‘atsati {לַעֲצָתִֽי | la·‘ă·ṣā·ṯî}: to my counsel (preposition + noun construct + first person singular suffix) |