| 32. Morphological Analysis vayikretu {וַיִּכְרְת֥וּ | wayyiḵrəṯû}: and they cut/made (conjunction vav consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • berit {בְרִ֖ית | bə-rît}: covenant (noun • feminine singular absolute) • biveer {בִּבְאֵ֣ר | bibʾēr}: in Beersheba (preposition be + noun • feminine singular construct) • shava {שָׁ֑בַע | šā-ḇaʿ}: Sheba • “seven” (proper noun • feminine singular absolute) • vayakam {וַיָּ֣קָם | way-yā-qām}: and he rose up (conjunction vav consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • Avimelekh {אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ | ʾă-ḇî-me-leḵ}: Abimelech (proper noun • masculine singular) • uFikhol {וּפִיכֹל֙ | û-pî-ḵōl}: and Phicol (conjunction vav + proper noun • masculine singular) • sar-tseva’o {שַׂר־צְבָא֔וֹ | śar-tsə-ḇā-ʾô}: commander of his army (construct chain: noun śar + noun tseva with third person masculine singular suffix) • vayashuvu {וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ | way-yā-šu-ḇû}: and they returned (conjunction vav consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • el-erets {אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ | ʾel-ʾe-reṣ}: to the land (preposition el + noun • feminine singular absolute) • Pelishtim {פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים | pə-liš-tîm}: Philistines (proper noun • masculine plural gentilic) |