| 15. Morphological Analysis ve-attah {וְ֠עַתָּה | wə-ʿat-tāh}: and now (conjunction waw + temporal adverb) • asher-bāti {אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֜אתִי | ʾă-šer-bā-ṯî}: that I have come (relative pronoun + qal perfect first person singular) • ledabber {לְדַבֵּ֨ר | le-dab-bēr}: to speak (preposition + piel infinitive construct) • el-ha-melekh {אֶל־הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ | ʾel-ham-mê-lek}: to the king (preposition + article + noun) • adoni {אֲדֹנִי֙ | ʾă-do-nî}: my lord (noun + first person singular suffix) • et-ha-davar {אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר | ʾet-had-dā-vār}: the matter (direct object marker + noun) • hazeh {הַזֶּ֔ה | haz-zé}: this (demonstrative pronoun) • ki {כִּ֥י | kî}: because (conjunction) • yeruni {יֵֽרְאֻ֖נִי | yêr-ū-nî}: they cause me to be afraid (qal imperfect third person plural + first person singular suffix) • ha-am {הָעָ֑ם | hā-‘ām}: the people (definite article + noun) • vatomer {וַתֹּ֤אמֶר | wat-tō-mer}: and she said (waw consecutive + qal imperfect third person feminine singular) • shifchatecha {שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ | šip-ḥâ-tə-khā}: your maidservant (noun + second person masculine singular suffix) • adabberah-na {אֲדַבְּרָה־נָּ֣א | ʾă-dab-be-rāh-nāʾ}: let me speak • please (piel cohortative + entreaty particle) • el-ha-melekh {אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | ʾel-ham-mê-lek}: to the king (preposition + article + noun) • ulai {אוּלַי | û-lay}: perhaps (particle) • ya'aseh {יַעֲשֶׂה | ya-‘a-śêh}: he will do (qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • ha-melekh {הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | ham-mê-lek}: the king (definite article + noun) • et-devar {אֶת־דְּבַ֥ר | ʾet-de-vār}: the word (direct object marker + noun) • amato {אֲמָתֽוֹ | ʾă-mā-ṯō}: his maidservant (noun + third person masculine singular suffix) |