| 15. Morphological Analysis vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | va-ya-vo-ʾu}: and they came (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • vayatztzuru {וַיָּצֻרוּ | va-ya-tsu-ru}: and they besieged (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • alav {עָלָיו | ʿa-la-v}: against him/it (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • be’avela {בְּאָבֵלָה | bə-ʾa-ve-lah}: at Abel (preposition + proper noun feminine singular) • beit {בֵּית | beyt}: house of (noun masculine singular construct) • hama’akhah {הַמַּעֲכָה | ha-ma-ʿa-kha}: Maakah (proper noun feminine singular with article) • vayishpeku {וַיִּשְׁפְּכוּ | va-yish-pe-khu}: and they poured/spread (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • solelah {סֹלְלָה | so-le-lah}: siege ramp (noun feminine singular absolute) • el {אֶל | ʾel}: to/against (preposition) • ha’ir {הָעִיר | ha-ʿir}: the city (noun feminine singular absolute with article) • vata’amod {וַתַּעֲמֹד | va-ta-ʿa-mod}: and it stood (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person feminine singular) • bakhel {בַּחֵל | ba-khel}: in the outer rampart (preposition + noun masculine singular with article) • vechol {וְכָל | ve-khol}: and all (conjunction + noun) • ha’am {הָעָם | ha-ʿam}: the people (noun masculine singular with article) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | a-sher}: who/that (relative pronoun) • et {אֶת | ʾet}: direct object marker • Yoav {יוֹאָב | yo-av}: Joab (proper noun masculine singular) • mashchitim {מַשְׁחִיתִם | mash-chi-tim}: were destroying (Piel participle masculine plural with third person masculine plural suffix) • lehapil {לְהַפִּיל | lə-ha-pil}: to cause to fall (Hiphil infinitive construct) • hachomah {הַחוֹמָה | ha-kho-ma}: the wall (noun feminine singular absolute with article). |