| 5. Morphological Analysis vayikre'u {וַיִּקְרְאוּ | wayyiqreʾû}: and they called out (conjunction vav consecutive prefixed to verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • el-lot {אֶל־לוֹט | ʾel-lôṭ}: to Lot (preposition ʾel governing proper noun • masculine singular) • vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōʾmrû}: and they said (conjunction vav consecutive prefixed to verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • lo {ל֔וֹ | lô}: to him (preposition lamed with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • ayeh {אַיֵּה | ʾayyēh}: where? (interrogative particle) • ha-anashim {הָאֲנָשִׁים | hāʾănāšîm}: the men (noun • masculine plural absolute with definite article) • asher-bau {אֲשֶׁר־בָּאוּ | ʾăšer-bāʾû}: who came (relative pronoun ʾăšer + verb • Qal perfect • third person masculine plural) • eilekha {אֵלֶיךָ | ʾēleykā}: to you (preposition ʾel with second person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • hallaylah {הַלָּיְלָה | hallāylāh}: tonight (noun • masculine singular with definite article used adverbially) • hotsi'em {הוֹצִיאֵם | hōṣîʾēm}: bring them out (verb • Hiphil imperative • second person masculine singular with third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) • eileinu {אֵלֵינוּ | ʾēlēnû}: to us (preposition ʾel with first person common plural pronominal suffix) • venede'ah {וְנֵדְעָה | wə-nēḏʿāh}: and let us know (conjunction vav + verb • Qal cohortative • first person common plural) • otam {אֹתָם | ʾôtām}: them (direct object marker ʾet with third person masculine plural pronominal suffix functioning as object pronoun) |