| 3. Morphological Analysis vayyomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | vay·yō·mə·rū}: and they said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • haam {הָעָם | hā·ʿām}: the people (definite article + noun masculine singular) • elo {אֵלֹא | ʾê·lô}: not (negative particle) • tetse {תֵצֵא | ṯē·ṣē·ʾ}: you shall go out (Qal imperfect second person masculine singular) • ki-im-nas {כִּי־אִם־נָס | kî–ʾim–nās}: if we flee (conjunction + conditional particle + Qal imperfect first person plural) • nanus {נָנוּס | nā·nûs}: we are made to flee (Niphal imperfect first person plural) • lo-yashimu {לֹא־יָשִׂימוּ | lō–yā–šî–mû}: they will not set (negative particle + Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • eleinu {אֵלֵינוּ | ʾê·lē·nû}: upon us (preposition + first person plural suffix) • lev {לֵב | lêv}: heart/attention (noun masculine singular) • vkhi-yamutu {וְכִי־יָמֻתוּ | wə·kî–yā·mû·tû}: and if they die (vav conjunction + conjunction + Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • ḥetzienu {חֶצְיֵנוּ | ḥe·ṣī·ʾê·nû}: our half (noun in construct + first person plural suffix) • lo-yashimu {לֹא־יָשִׂימוּ | lō–yā–šî–mû}: they will not set (negative particle + Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • eleinu {אֵלֵינוּ | ʾê·lē·nû}: upon us (preposition + first person plural suffix) • lev {לֵב | lêv}: heart/attention (noun masculine singular) • ki-atta {כִּי־עַתָּה | kî–ʿattâ}: for now (conjunction + adverb) • kamonu {כָּמוֹנוּ | kā·mō·nû}: like us (preposition + first person plural suffix) • asara {עֲשָׂרָה | ʾa·śā·râ}: ten (numeral feminine singular) • alafim {אֲלָפִים | ʾā·lā·p̄îm}: thousands (noun masculine plural) • vatta {וְעַתָּה | wə·ʿattâ}: and now (vav conjunction + adverb) • tov {טוֹב | ṭōv}: good/better (adjective masculine singular) • ki-tihyeh-lanu {כִּי־תִהְיֶה־לָּנוּ | kî–tîh·yēh–lā·nû}: that you should be for us (conjunction + Qal imperfect second person feminine singular + first person plural suffix) • meir {מֵעִיר | mê·ʾîr}: from the city (preposition min + noun feminine singular) • laazir {לַעְזִיר | la·ʾa·zîr}: to give help (Hiphil infinitive construct of ʿāzar) |