| 3. Morphological Analysis alav {עָלָיו | ʿā-lāw}: against him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • alah {עָלָה | ʿā-lā}: went up (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • Shalmaneser {שַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶר | šal-man-ʾá-se-r}: Shalmaneser (proper noun masculine singular) • melek {מֶלֶךְ | mé-leḵ}: king (noun masculine singular absolute) • Ashur {אַשּׁוּר | ʾaš-šûr}: Assyria (proper noun masculine singular) • vayehi-lo {וַיְהִי־לוֹ | way-yə-hî-lô}: and he became to him (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular of hayah + preposition lamed + third person masculine singular suffix) • Hoshea {הוֹשֵׁעַ | hô-šē-ʿaʿ}: Hoshea (proper noun masculine singular) • ʿebed {עֶבֶד | ʿe-ḇeḏ}: servant (noun masculine singular absolute) • vayyāshev {וַיָּשֶׁב | way-yā-šeḇ}: and he brought (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • lô {לוֹ | lô}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • minḥâ {מִנְחָה | min-ḥâ}: tribute (noun feminine singular absolute) |