| 37. Morphological Analysis vateled {וַתֵּלֶד | wat-tê-leḏ}: and she bore (verb • Qal imperfect third person feminine singular with prefixed vav consecutive) • habechirah {הַבְּכִירָה | hab-bə-ḵî-rāh}: the firstborn (noun • feminine singular absolute with definite article) • ben {בֵּן | bēn}: son (noun • masculine singular absolute) • vatikra {וַתִּקְרָא | wat-ti-q-rāʾ}: and she called (verb • Qal imperfect third person feminine singular with prefixed vav consecutive) • shemo {שְׁמוֹ | še-mô}: his name (noun • masculine singular construct with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • Moav {מוֹאָב | mō-ʾāḇ}: Moab (proper noun • masculine singular) • hu {הוּא | hûʾ}: he (independent pronoun third person masculine singular) • avi-Moav {אֲבִי־מוֹאָב | ’ă-vî-mō-’āḇ}: father of Moab (noun construct chain: noun ʾav in masculine singular construct + proper noun Moab) • ad-hayom {עַד־הַיּֽוֹם | ’aḏ-ha-yôm}: until the day (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) |