| 17. Morphological Analysis vaechmol {וָאֶחְמֹל | wā-ʾeḥ-mōl}: and I had compassion (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • first person singular) • eini {עֵינִי | ʿê-nî}: my eye (noun • feminine singular construct + first person singular pronominal suffix) • alehem {עֲלֵיהֶם | ʿă-lê-hem}: upon them (preposition + third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) • mishchitam {מִשְׁחִיתָם | miš-ḥî-ṯām}: from destroying them (preposition + Piel infinitive construct + third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) • velo-hishmadtim {וְלֹא־הִשְׁמַדְתִּים | wə-lō-hiš-maḏ-tîm}: and I did not cause them to perish (conjunction + negative particle + Hiphil perfect • first person singular + third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) • bamidbar {בַּמִּדְבָּר | ba-mmid-bār}: in the wilderness (preposition + noun • masculine singular with definite article) |