| 6. Morphological Analysis vehe’evir {וְהֶעֱבִ֤יר | və-hə-ʿə-bîr}: and he made pass (vav consecutive • Hiphil imperfect • third person masculine singular) • et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ}: direct object marker (particle • no translation) • beno {בְּנוֹ֙ | bə-nō}: his son (noun • masculine singular construct with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • ba’esh {בָּאֵ֔שׁ | bā-ʾēš}: in the fire (preposition + noun • feminine singular absolute) • ve’ōnen {וְעוֹנֵ֣ן | wə-ʿō-nēn}: and he practiced soothsaying (vav consecutive • Piel participle • masculine singular) • veniḥēš {וְנִחֵ֔שׁ | wə-ni-ḥēš}: and he practiced divination (vav consecutive • Piel perfect • third person masculine singular) • ve’āśāh {וְעָ֥שָׂה | wə-‘ā-śāh}: and he did (vav consecutive • Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • ōw {א֖וֹב | ōw}: medium (noun • masculine singular absolute) • wəyid’ōnîm {וְיִדְּעֹנִ֑ים | wə-yiḏ-‘ō-nîm}: and spiritists (conjunction vav + noun • masculine plural absolute) • hirbāh {הִרְבָּ֗ה | hir-bāh}: he multiplied (Hifil perfect • third person masculine singular) • la‘ăśōṯ {לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת | la-‘ă-śōṯ}: to do (preposition lamed + Qal infinitive construct) • hā-rā‘ {הָרַ֛ע | hā-rā‘}: the evil (definite article + noun • masculine singular absolute) • bə-‘ênêy {בְּעֵינֵ֥י | bə-‘ê-nêy}: in the eyes of (preposition + dual noun construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָ֖ה | Yəhōwā(h)}: LORD (proper noun • divine name • the Tetragrammaton • covenant name of the God of Israel • masculine singular) • lə-ḥaḵ-‘îs {לְהַכְעִֽיס | lə-ḥaḵ-‘îs}: to provoke (preposition lamed + Hiphil infinitive construct) |