| 3. Morphological Analysis vayignav {וַיִּגְנַב | wayyigănav}: vav-consecutive + Nif‘al imperfect third person masculine singular • reflexive passive “and it was stolen” • haʽam {הָעָם | hā-ʿām}: definite article + noun masculine singular “the people” • bayom {בַּיּוֹם | ba-yôm}: preposition + noun masculine singular definite “in the day” • hahu {הַהוּא | hahūʾ}: definite article + demonstrative pronoun masculine singular “that” • lavo {לָבוֹא | lā-ḇōʾ}: preposition + Qal infinitive construct “to enter” • haʽir {הָעִיר | hā-ʿîr}: definite article + noun feminine singular “the city” • kaʼasher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka-ʾă-šer}: subordinating conjunction “just as” • yitganeb {יִתְגַּנֵּב | yiṯgannēḇ}: Hitpael imperfect third person masculine singular • reflexive action “steal themselves away” • haʽam {הָעָם | hā-ʿām}: definite article + noun masculine singular “the people” • hanikhlam {הַנִּכְלָם | hanikkhlām}: definite article + Nif‘al participle masculine singular “the humiliated” • benusam {בְּנוּסָם | bə-nû-sām}: preposition + Qal infinitive construct + third person plural suffix “in their fleeing” • bamilchamah {בַּמִּלְחָמָה | bā-milḥā-mā}: preposition + noun feminine singular definite “in battle” |