| 2. Morphological Analysis vatosif {וַתֹּ֣סֶף | waṯ·ṭô·sep̄}: and she added (verb • Qal wayyiqtol with waw-consecutive third person feminine singular) • laledet {לָלֶ֔דֶת | lā·le·ḏet}: to bear • give birth (verb • Qal infinitive construct) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct object marker (particle) • achiv {אָחִ֖יו | ʾa·ḥî·w}: his brother (noun masculine singular construct with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct object marker (particle) • havel {הָ֑בֶל | hā·ḇel}: Abel (proper noun masculine singular) • vayehi {וַֽיְהִי־ | way·hî}: and he became (verb • Qal wayyiqtol with waw-consecutive third person masculine singular) • roeh {רֹ֣עֵה | rō·ʿē}: shepherd (verb • Qal participle masculine singular used substantivally) • tson {צֹ֔אן | ṣō·ʾan}: flocks (noun feminine singular collective) • veqayin {וְקַ֕יִן | wə·qa·yin}: and Cain (conjunction waw plus proper noun masculine singular) • hayah {הָיָ֖ה | hā·yāh}: he was (verb • Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • oved {עֹבֵ֥ד | ʿō·ḇēḏ}: worker (verb • Qal participle masculine singular used substantivally) • adamah {אֲדָמָֽה | ʾa·ḏā·māh}: ground (noun feminine singular absolute) |