| 8. Morphological Analysis ki {כִּי | kî}: for/because (causal conjunction) • shadmot {שַׁדְמוֹת | šaḏ-môṯ}: fields (noun masculine plural construct) • cheshbon {חֶשְׁבּוֹן | ḥeš-bôṯ}: Heshbon (proper noun • place name) • umlal {אֻמְלָּל | ’ûm-lāl}: are withered (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • gefen {גֶּפֶן | ge-phen}: vine (noun feminine singular absolute) • sibmah {שִׂבְמָה | sib-māh}: Sibmah (proper noun • place name) • baalei {בַּעֲלֵי | ba-‘ă-ley}: lords (noun masculine plural construct) • goyim {גּוֹיִם | găy-yim}: nations (noun masculine plural absolute) • halmu {הָלְמוּ | hāl-mū}: have struck (Qal perfect third person plural) • seruqeha {שְׂרוּקֶּיהָ | ser-ū-qē-hā}: its choice branches (noun masculine plural construct with third person feminine singular suffix) • ad-yazer {עַד־יַעְזֵר | ’ăd-ya-‘zer}: up to Jazer (preposition ’ad + proper noun) • nagu {נָגָעוּ | nā-gā-‘ū}: have reached (Qal perfect third person plural) • tau {תָּעוּ | tâ-‘ū}: have wandered (Qal perfect third person plural) • midbar {מִדְבָּר | mid-bār}: wilderness (noun masculine singular absolute) • sheluchoteha {שְׁלֻחוֹתֶיהָ | she-lu-ḏho-tê-hā}: its tendrils (noun feminine plural construct with third person feminine singular suffix) • nitteshu {נִטְּשׁוּ | nit-tə-šū}: are abandoned (Niphal perfect third person plural) • avru {עָבְרוּ | ’ā-var-ū}: have crossed (Qal perfect third person plural) • yam {יָם | yām}: sea (noun masculine singular absolute) |