| 3. Morphological Analysis vayitsma {וַיִּצְמָ֨א | wayyits-māʾ}: and he became thirsty (verb • Qal wayyiqtol with vav consecutive • third person masculine singular) • sham {שָׁ֤ם | šām}: there (adverb of place) • haam {הָעָם֙ | hā-ʿām}: the people (noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article • collective subject) • lamayim {לַמַּיִם | la-mā-yim}: for the water (preposition + definite article + noun • masculine plural absolute) • vayalen {וַיָּ֥לֶן | wayyā-len}: and he complained (verb • Qal wayyiqtol with vav consecutive • third person masculine singular) • haam {הָעָם֖ | hā-ʿām}: the people (noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article • collective subject) • al-Mosheh {עַל־מֹשֶׁה | ʿal-mō-šeh}: against Moses (preposition + proper noun • masculine singular) • vayomer {וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | way-yō-mer}: and he said (verb • Qal wayyiqtol • third person masculine singular) • lamah {לָ֤מָּה | lā-māh}: why (interrogative particle) • zeh {זֶּה֙ | zeh}: this (demonstrative pronoun • masculine singular) • he’elitanu {הֶעֱלִיתָ֣נוּ | he-ʿĕ-lî-tā-nû}: you brought us up (verb • Hiphil perfect • second person masculine singular with first person plural suffix) • mi-Mitsrayim {מִמִּצְרַיִם | mim-miṣ-rā-yim}: from Egypt (preposition with assimilated nun + proper noun • feminine dual form) • lehamit {לְהָמִ֥ית | lə-hā-mit}: to put to death (verb • Hiphil infinitive construct) • oti {אֹתִי | ʾō-tî}: me (direct object marker + first person singular suffix) • ve-et-banai {וְאֶת־בָּנַי | wə-ʾet-bā-nāy}: and my sons (conjunction + direct object marker + noun • masculine plural with first person singular suffix) • ve-et-miknai {וְאֶת־מִקְנַי | wə-ʾet-miḵ-nāy}: and my livestock (conjunction + direct object marker + noun in construct with first person singular suffix) • ba-tsama {בַּצָּמָא | ba-ṣā-māʾ}: with the thirst (preposition + definite article + noun • masculine singular absolute) |