| 2. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wa-yō-mer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal wayyiqtol • third masculine singular) • hammelekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ham-me-leḵ}: the king (noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) • liqro {לִקְרֹא | liq-rō}: to call (preposition + verb • Qal infinitive construct) • lahartumim {לַחַרְטֻמִּים | la-ḥar-tum-mîm}: to the magicians (preposition + noun • masculine plural) • velashafim {וְלָאַסָּפִים | wə-lā-ʼaš-šā-p̄îm}: and to the conjurers (conjunction + preposition + noun • masculine plural) • velamkashshefim {וְלַמְכַשְּׁפִים | wə-la-me-ḵaš-šə-p̄îm}: and to the sorcerers (conjunction + preposition + noun • masculine plural) • velakasdim {וְלַכַּשְׂדִּים | wə-la-kaś-dîm}: and to the Chaldeans (conjunction + preposition + noun • masculine plural) • lehaggid {לְהַגִּיד | lə-hag-gīd}: to tell (preposition + verb • Hiphil infinitive construct) • lamelekh {לַמֶּלֶךְ | la-me-leḵ}: to the king (preposition + noun • masculine singular definite) • chalomotav {חֲלֹמֹתָיו | ḥă-lō-mō-ṯāw}: his dreams (noun • masculine plural construct + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | wa-yā-ḇō-ʼū}: and they came (vav consecutive + Qal wayyiqtol • third masculine plural) • vaya’amdu {וַיַּעַמְדוּ | wa-ya-ʿam-dū}: and they stood (vav consecutive + Qal wayyiqtol • third masculine plural) • lifnei {לִפְנֵי | lif-nê}: before (preposition) • hammelekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ham-me-leḵ}: the king (noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) |