| 17. Morphological Analysis vehinneh {וְהִנֵּה | wə-hin-nē}: and behold (vav conjunction and interjection) • hu {הוּא | hūʾ}: he (personal pronoun • masculine singular) • sam {שָׂם | śām}: he placed (verb • Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • alilot {עֲלִילֹת | ʿă-lî-lōṯ}: accusations (noun • feminine plural absolute; from ʿ-l-l • “to do • plot”) • devarim {דְּבָרִים | də-wā-rîm}: words (noun • masculine plural absolute; from d-b-r • “word • thing”) • lemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾā-môr}: saying (infinitive construct; from ʾ-m-r • “to say”) • lo {לֹא | lōʾ}: not (negative particle) • matsati {מָצָאתִי | mā-ṣā-ʾa-tî}: I found (verb • Qal perfect • first person common singular) • lebittekha {לְבִתְּךָ | lə-ḇiṭ-Tĕ-ḵā}: to your daughter (preposition + noun • feminine singular construct with second person masculine singular suffix) • betulim {בְּתוּלִים | bə-tû-lîm}: virginity (noun • masculine plural absolute; from b-t-l • “be separate”) • veelleh {וְאֵלֶּה | wə-ʾê-leh}: and these (conjunction + demonstrative • masculine plural) • betulei {בְּתוּלֵי | bə-tû-lê}: tokens of virginity (noun • masculine plural construct; from b-t-l • “be separate”) • biti {בִתִּי | biṭ-ṭî}: my daughter (noun • feminine singular construct with first person common singular suffix) • ufarshu {וּפָרְשׂוּ | ū-pār-ŝû}: and they spread out (verb • Qal perfect • third person masculine plural; from p-r-s • “spread”) • hasimlah {הַשִּׂמְלָה | ha-śim-lāh}: the garment (noun • feminine singular absolute; with definite article; from ś-m-l • “garment”) • lifnei {לִפְנֵי | lif-nê}: before (preposition + noun • masculine plural construct) • ziknei {זִקְנֵי | ziq-nê}: elders (noun • masculine plural construct; from z-q-n • “elder”) • ha’ir {הָעִיר | ha-ʾîr}: the city (noun • feminine singular absolute; with definite article) |