| 23. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמַר | wə-yō-ˈmār}: and he said (vav consecutive qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • mah {מָה | māh}: what? (interrogative pronoun) • hayah {הָיָה | hā-yāh}: may be (qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • erutz {אֶרוץ | ʾĕ-ˈruts}: I shall run (qal imperfect first person singular cohortative) • vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wə-yō-ˈmer}: and he said (vav consecutive qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • lo {לוֹ | lōw}: to him (preposition with third person masculine singular suffix) • rutz {רוץ | ruts}: run (qal imperative second person masculine singular) • vayyaratz {וַיָּרָץ | wə-yā-ˈrāts}: and he ran (vav consecutive qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • achimaatz {אֲחִימַעַץ | ă-ḥî-mā-ʿaṣ}: Ahimaaz (proper noun masculine singular) • derekh {דֶּרֶךְ | də-rĕḵ}: way • route (noun feminine singular absolute) • hakikkar {הַכִּכָּר | ha-kik-kār}: the plain (noun feminine singular absolute with definite article) • vayaavor {וַיַּעֲבֹר | wə-ya-ʿă-vōr}: and he passed • overtook (vav consecutive qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • et {אֵת | ʾēt}: direct-object marker (particle) • hakushi {הַכּוּשִׁי | ha-kū-šî}: the Cushite (proper noun masculine singular with definite article) |