| 2. Morphological Analysis vayyissa {וַיִּשָּׂא | way-yiś-śāʾ}: and he lifted (conjunction vav consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • einav {עֵינָיו | ʿê-nāyw}: his eyes (noun • masculine dual in construct with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • vayyar {וַיַּרְא | way-yarʾ}: and he saw (conjunction vav consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • vehineh {וְהִנֵּה | wə-hin-nēh}: and behold (conjunction vav + interjection) • sheloshah {שְׁלֹשָׁה | šə-lō-šāh}: three (numeral • masculine absolute) • anashim {אֲנָשִׁים | ʾă-nā-šîm}: men (noun • masculine plural absolute) • nitsavim {נִצָּבִים | niṣ-ṣā-ḇîm}: standing (participle • Niphal • masculine plural absolute) • alav {עָלָיו | ʿā-lāyw}: upon him (preposition ʿal + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • vayyar {וַיַּרְא | way-yarʾ}: and he saw (conjunction vav consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • vayarats {וַיָּרָץ | way-yā-rāṣ}: and he ran (conjunction vav consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • likratam {לִקְרָאתָם | liq-rā-ʾā-ṯām}: to meet them (preposition li + infinitive construct + third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) • mippetach {מִפֶּתַח | mip-pe-taḥ}: from the entrance (preposition min + noun • masculine singular construct) • haohel {הָאֹהֶל | hā-ʾō-hel}: the tent (definite article + noun • masculine singular absolute) • vayishtachu {וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ | way-yiš-ta-ḥû}: and he bowed down (conjunction vav consecutive + verb • Hitpael imperfect • third person masculine singular) • artsah {אָֽרְצָה | ʾā-rə-ṣāh}: toward the ground (noun • feminine singular with locative he) |