| 5. Morphological Analysis vayomer-lah {וַיֹּֽאמֶר־לָ֥הּ | wăyyōʾmer-lāh}: and he said to her (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular + third person feminine singular pronominal suffix) • hammelekh {הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hamméleḵ}: the king (noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) • mah-lakh {מַה־לָּ֑ךְ | māh-lāḵ}: what is to you? (interrogative pronoun mah + preposition lamed + second person feminine singular suffix) • vatomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | wăttōʾmer}: and she said (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person feminine singular) • aval {אֲבָ֛ל | ʾăḇāl}: but/truly (adversative particle) • ishah-almanah {אִשָּֽׁה־אַלְמָנָה | ʾishšāh-ʾalmānāh}: a widow (noun • feminine singular construct) • ani {אָ֖נִי | ʾănî}: I am (first person common singular pronoun) • vayamat {וַיָּ֥מָת | wăyyāmaṯ}: and he died (vav consecutive Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • ishi {אִישִֽׁי | ʾîšî}: my husband (noun • masculine singular absolute with first person singular suffix) |