| 2. Morphological Analysis ben {בֶּן־ | bĕn}: son (noun • masculine singular construct) • adam {אָדָם | ʾā-dām}: man • human (noun • masculine singular absolute) • mah {מַה־ | mah}: what • how (interrogative pronoun) • yihyeh {יִהְיֶה | yih-yeh}: will become • will be (verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • etz {עֵץ־ | ʿēṣ}: tree • wood (noun • masculine singular absolute) • ha-gefen {הַגֶּפֶן | ha-ge-fen}: the vine (definite article + noun • feminine singular absolute) • mi-kol {מִכָּל־ | mi-kol}: than any • from all (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute) • etz {עֵץ | ʿēṣ}: tree • wood (noun • masculine singular absolute) • ha-zemorah {הַזְּמוֹרָה | ha-zə-mō-rāh}: the branch (definite article + noun • feminine singular absolute) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | a-sher}: which • that (relative pronoun) • hayah {הָיָה | hā-yāh}: was • has been (verb • Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • ba-atzey {בַּעֲצֵי | ba-ʿă-tzē}: among the trees (preposition + noun • masculine plural construct) • ha-yaʿar {הַיָּעַר | ha-yā-ʿar}: the forest • woodland (definite article + noun • masculine singular absolute) |