| 20. Morphological Analysis ve-im {וְאִם | və-ʾim}: and if (conjunction + conditional particle) • emet {אֱמֶת | ʾe-met}: truth (noun feminine singular absolute) • hayah {הָיָה | hā-yāh}: it was (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • ha-davar {הַדָּבָר | ha-dā-var}: the matter (definite article + noun masculine singular absolute) • ha-zeh {הַזֶּה | ha-zéh}: this (demonstrative masculine singular) • lo {לֹא | lōʾ}: not (negative particle) • nimtse'u {נִמְצְאוּ | nim-tsə-ʾû}: they were found (Niphal perfect third person common plural) • betulim {בְתוּלִים | bə-tu-lîm}: tokens of virginity (noun masculine plural absolute) • la-na'arah {לַנַּעֲרָה | la-na-ʿa-rāh}: for the young woman (preposition + noun feminine singular absolute). |