| 29. Morphological Analysis vayosef {וַיֹּסֶף | way-yō-sef}: and he continued • and he added (conjunction vav consecutive attached to verb • Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • ‘od {עוֹד | ʿôḏ}: again • still (adverb) • ledabber {לְדַבֵּר | lə-dab-bēr}: to speak (Piel infinitive construct) • elav {אֵלָיו | ʾê-lāw}: to him (preposition ʾel plus third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • vayomar {וַיֹּאמַר | way-yō-mar}: and he said (conjunction vav consecutive attached to verb • Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • ulai {אוּלַי | ʾû-lay}: perhaps (particle of uncertainty) • yimmatse’un {יִמָּצְאוּן | yim-mā-tsə-ʾûn}: they might be found (Niphal imperfect third person masculine plural with nun energicum) • sham {שָׁם | šām}: there (adverb of place) • arba‘im {אַרְבָּעִים | ʾar-ba-ʿîm}: forty (cardinal numeral • masculine plural) • vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer}: and he said (conjunction vav consecutive attached to verb • Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • lo {לֹא | lō-ʾ}: not (negation particle) • e’eseh {אֶעֱשֶׂה | ʾe-ʿe-seh}: I will do (Qal imperfect first person common singular) • ba’avur {בַּעֲבוּר | ba-ʿă-vur}: on account of • for the sake of (preposition) • ha’arba‘im {הָאַרְבָּעִים | hā-ʾar-ba-ʿîm}: the forty (cardinal numeral • masculine plural with definite article) |