| 18. Morphological Analysis kai {καί | kaí}: and (coordinating conjunction) • hōs {ὡς | hōs}: as • about • approximately (adverb of approximation) • tesserakontaete {τεσσερακονταετῆ | tesserakontaetê}: forty years (adjective • accusative masculine singular • used with time expression) • khronon {χρόνον | khrónon}: time • period (noun • accusative masculine singular) • etropophoresen {ἐτροποφόρησεν | etropophórēsen}: he bore with • put up with • cared for (verb • aorist active indicative third person singular • from τροποφορέω) • autous {αὐτοὺς | autoús}: them (personal pronoun • accusative masculine plural) • en {ἐν | en}: in (preposition taking dative) • te {τῇ | tē̂}: the (definite article • dative feminine singular) • eremo {ἐρήμῳ | erḗmō}: wilderness • desert (noun • dative feminine singular) |