| 16. Morphological Analysis veattah {וְעַתָּה | wə-ʿattāh}: conjunction waw + adverb “now” • shilchu {שִׁלְחוּ | šilḥû}: verb Piel imperative second person masculine plural • meherah {מְהֵרָה | məhērāh}: adverb “quickly” • vehaggidu {וְהַגִּידוּ | wəhaggîḏû}: conjunction waw + verb Hifil imperative second person masculine plural • leDavid {לְדָוִד | lə-Dā-wiḏ}: preposition + proper noun “David” • le-mor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾmôr}: infinitive construct of אמר “to say” • al-talen {אַל־תָּלֶן | ʾal tā-len}: negative particle + verb Qal imperfect second person masculine singular of ללון “to lodge” • hallaylah {הַלַּיְלָה | ha-llaylāh}: definite article + noun masculine singular “night” • be-arvot {בְּעַרְבוֹת | bə-ʿarvōṯ}: preposition + noun feminine plural construct “plains/crossing areas” • hammidbar {הַמִּדְבָּר | ham-midhbār}: definite article + noun masculine singular “wilderness/desert region” • vegam {וְגַם | wə-gam}: conjunction waw + adverb “also” • avor {עָבֹר | ʿā-ḇôr}: verb Qal imperative second person masculine singular of עבר “to cross over” • ta-avor {תַּעֲבֹר | taʿă-ḇôr}: verb Qal imperfect second person masculine singular of עבר “to cross over” • pen {פֶּן | pen}: conjunction “lest” • yevulla {יְבֻלַּע | yǝvullāʿ}: verb Pual imperfect third person masculine singular of בלע “to swallow” • lammelekh {לַמֶּלֶךְ | la-mmeleḵ}: preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular “king” • ulekolhaam {וּלְכָל־הָעָם | ū-lə-khol-hā-ʿām}: conjunction waw + preposition + noun phrase “all the people” • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer}: relative pronoun “who” • itto {אִתּוֹ | ittō}: preposition + pronominal suffix “with him” |