| 2. Morphological Analysis ve’amarta {וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ | wə-ʾā-mar-tā}: and you shall say (conjunction vav + Qal perfect verb • second person masculine singular) • mah {מָ֤ה | mā}: what? (interrogative pronoun) • immekha {אִמְּךָ֙ | ʼim-mə-ḵā}: your mother (noun • feminine singular construct with second person masculine singular suffix) • leviya {לְבִיָּ֔א | lə-ḇî-yā}: a lioness (noun • feminine singular absolute) • bein {בֵּ֥ין | bêyn}: among (preposition) • arayot {אֲרָיוֹת֖ | ʼă-rā-yōṯ}: lions (noun • feminine plural absolute) • ravatsa {רָבָצָ֑ה | rā-ḇā-ṣā(h)}: she lay down (Qal perfect verb • third person feminine singular) • betokh {בְּת֥וֹךְ | bə-ṯōḵ}: in the midst of (preposition) • kefirim {כְּפִרִ֖ים | kə-p̄i-rîm}: young lions (noun • masculine plural absolute) • ribbetah {רִבְּתָ֥ה | rib-bə-ṯā(h)}: she reared (Piel perfect verb • third person feminine singular) • gureha {גּוּרֶֽיהָ | gū-rê-hā}: her cubs (noun • masculine plural construct with third person feminine singular suffix) |