| 9. Morphological Analysis vayirdefu {וַיִּרְדְּפוּ | va-yir-dĕ-p̄û}: and they pursued (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • mitsrayim {מִצְרַיִם | miṣrāyim}: Egypt (proper noun • masculine singular) • acharehem {אַחֲרֵיהֶם | ăḥă-rêhêm}: after them (preposition with third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) • vayasigu {וַיַּשִׂיגוּ | wa-ya-śîgû}: and they overtook (vav-consecutive Hiphil imperfect • third person masculine plural) • otam {אוֹתָם | ʾôṯām}: them (third person masculine plural direct object pronoun) • chonim {חֹנִים | ḥōnîm}: camping (Qal active participle • masculine plural) • al-hayam {עַל־הַיָּם | ʿal-hayyām}: by the sea (preposition with noun • masculine singular with definite article) • kol-sus {כָּל־סוּס | kol-sūs}: all the horses (construct with noun • masculine singular) • rechev {רֶכֶב | reḵeb}: chariot (noun • masculine singular) • paro {פַּרְעֹה | parʿō}: Pharaoh (proper noun • masculine singular) • u-parashav {וּפָרָשָׁיו | ū-perāšāyw}: and his horsemen (conjunction vav with noun • masculine plural with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • ve-cheylo {וְחֵילוֹ | wə-ḥêlô}: and his army (conjunction vav with noun • masculine singular with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • al {עַל | ʿal}: at • upon (preposition) • pi {פִּי | pî}: mouth of (noun • masculine singular construct) • hachirot {הַחִירֹת | ha-ḥîrôṯ}: Hahiroth (proper noun location • masculine singular) • lifnei {לִפְנֵי | lif-nê}: before (preposition with noun in construct) • baal-tsefon {בַּעַל־צְפֹן | baʿal-ṣəphôn}: Baal Zephon (proper noun • masculine singular) |