| 4. Morphological Analysis et {אֵ֛ת | ʾēt}: direct object marker (particle) • no English equivalent • rosh {רֹ֥אשׁ | rōʾš}: top; head (noun • masculine singular absolute) • yenikotav {יְנִֽיקוֹתָ֖יו | yə-nî-qō-ṯāw}: its young shoots (noun • feminine plural absolute with third masculine singular pronominal suffix) • qataf {קָטָ֑ף | qā-ṭāp̄}: he plucked (verb • Qal perfect third masculine singular) • vayeviehu {וַיְבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙ | wa-yə-ḇî-ʾê-hū}: and he brought it (conjunction + verb • Hifil wayyiqtol third masculine singular with third masculine singular pronominal suffix) • el {אֶל־ | ʾel}: to (preposition) • eretz {אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾe-reṣ}: land (noun • feminine singular absolute) • kenaʿan {כְּנַ֔עַן | kə-na-ʿan}: Canaan (proper noun) • beir {בְּעִ֥יר | bə-ʿîr}: in a city (preposition + noun • feminine singular absolute) • rochlim {רֹכְלִ֖ים | rōḵ-lîm}: merchants (noun • masculine plural absolute) • samo {שָׂמֽוֹ | śā-mō}: he set it (verb • Qal perfect third masculine singular with third masculine singular pronominal suffix) |