| 20. Morphological Analysis ve-ki {וְכִי | wə-ḵî}: and if (conjunction vav + conditional particle) • ya-keh {יַכֶּה | ya-qeh}: strikes (Hifil imperfect third person masculine singular) • ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš}: man (noun masculine singular absolute) • et-av-do {אֶת־עַבְדּוֹ | ʾet-ʿaḇ-dô}: his male slave (direct object marker et + noun masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix third person masculine singular) • o {אוֹ | ʾō}: or (coordinating conjunction) • et-a-ma-to {אֶת־אֲמָתוֹ | ʾet-ʾămā-tô}: his female slave (direct object marker et + noun feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix third person masculine singular) • ba-she-vet {בַּשֵּׁבֶט | ba-šê-ḇeṭ}: with a rod (preposition be + noun masculine singular absolute with definite article) • u-met {וּמֵת | u-mēṯ}: and he dies (vav conjunction + Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • ta-chat {תַּחַת | ṭa-ḥaṯ}: under (preposition) • ya-do {יָדוֹ | yā-dô}: his hand (noun feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix third person masculine singular) • na-qom {נָקֹם | nā-qōm}: surely (Qal infinitive absolute) • yi-na-qem {יִנָּקֵם | yi-nā-qêm}: he shall be avenged (Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) |