| 5. Morphological Analysis vayya‘al {וַיַּ֥עַל | way-ya-ʿal}: and he went up (vav prefix consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • melek-’ashur {מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר | me-leḵ-’ā-šûr}: king of Assyria (noun proper masculine singular construct) • bekhol {בְּכָל | bə-khol}: in all (preposition + noun masculine singular construct) • ha-’āreṣ {הָאָרֶץ | hā-’ā-reṣ}: the land (noun feminine singular absolute with definite article) • vayya‘al {וַיַּ֙עַל֙ | way-ya-ʿal}: and he went up (vav prefix consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • šomron {שֹׁמְרוֹן | šōm-rōn}: Samaria (proper noun feminine singular) • vayyaṣar {וַיָּ֥צַר | way-ya-ṣar}: and he besieged (vav prefix consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • ʿāleyhā {עָלֶ֖יהָ | ʿā-le-hā}: upon it (preposition + third person feminine singular suffix) • šalōš {שָׁלֹשׁ | šalōš}: three (numeral feminine singular absolute) • šānîm {שָׁנִים | šā-nîm}: years (noun feminine plural absolute) |