| 13. Morphological Analysis ve’im {וְאִם | wə-ʾim}: and if (conjunction + conditional particle) • ʾel {אֶל | ʾel}: to (preposition) • ʿîr {עִיר | ʿîr}: city (noun • feminine singular absolute) • yēʾāśēph {יֵאָסֵף | yēʾāśēph}: he withdraws (verb • Niphal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • wə-his-siʾû {וְהִשִּׂיאוּ | wə-his-siʾû}: and they will bring (verb • Hifil vav-consecutive imperfect • third person masculine plural) • kol {כָּל | kol}: all (quantifier) • yiśrāʾēl {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiśrāʾēl}: Israel (proper noun • masculine singular) • ʾel {אֶל | ʾel}: to (preposition) • hā-ʿîr {הָעִיר | hā-ʿîr}: the city (noun • feminine singular with definite article) • hahi {הַהִיא | hahî}: that (demonstrative pronoun • feminine singular) • ḥăvālîm {חֲבָלִים | ḥăvālîm}: ropes (noun • masculine plural absolute) • wə-sāḥăḇnû {וְסָחַבְנוּ | wə-sāḥăḇnû}: and we will drag/pull (verb • Qal vav-consecutive perfect • first person plural) • ʾōṯō {אֹתוֹ | ʾōṯō}: him/it (third person masculine singular object pronoun) • ʿad {עַד | ʿad}: until/up to (preposition) • hā-náḥal {הַנַּחַל | hā-náḥal}: the stream/valley (noun • masculine singular with definite article) • ʿad {עַד | ʿad}: until (preposition) • ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer}: which/that (relative pronoun) • lōʾ {לֹא | lōʾ}: not (negative particle) • nimṣāʾ {נִמְצָא | nimṣāʾ}: is found (verb • Niphal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • šām {שָׁם | šām}: there (adverb) • gam {גַּם | gam}: also/even (particle) • tseʾôr {צְרוֹר | tseʾôr}: pebble (noun • masculine singular absolute) |