| 32. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer}: and he said (conjunction vav consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect with vav consecutive • third person masculine singular) • al-na {אַל־נָא | ʾal-nāʾ}: please do not (negative particle ʾal + particle of entreaty nāʾ) • yichar {יִחַר | yi-ḥar}: let it burn • let it be kindled (verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular • jussive nuance referring to anger) • la'adonai {לַאדֹנָי | la-ʾă-ḏō-nāy}: to my Lord (preposition lamed + divine title ʾadonai • masculine plural form with first person singular pronominal sense) • va'adabrah {וַאֲדַבְּרָה | wa-ʾa-dab-bə-rāh}: and let me speak (conjunction vav + verb • Qal cohortative • first person singular) • akh-hapa'am {אַךְ־הַפַּעַם | ʾaḵ-hap-paʿam}: only this time (adverb ʾaḵ “only” + noun with definite article “the time”) • ulai {אוּלַי | ʾū-lay}: perhaps (adverb of possibility) • yimmatsun {יִמָּצְאוּן | yim-māṣ-ʾûn}: they might be found (verb • Niphal imperfect • third person masculine plural • with energic nun) • sham {שָׁם | šām}: there (adverb of place) • asarah {עֲשָׂרָה | ʿă-śā-rāh}: ten (cardinal numeral • masculine) • vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer}: and he said (conjunction vav consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect with vav consecutive • third person masculine singular) • lo {לֹא | lōʾ}: not (negative particle) • ashkhit {אַשְׁחִית | ʾaš-ḥît}: I will destroy (verb • Hiphil imperfect • first person singular) • ba'avur {בַּעֲבוּר | ba-ʿă-vūr}: for the sake of • on account of (preposition + noun) • ha'asara {הָעֲשָׂרָה | hā-ʿă-śā-rāh}: the ten (definite article + cardinal numeral • masculine) |