| 1. Morphological Analysis masa {מַשָּׂא | mas·saʾ}: oracle (noun • masculine singular absolute) • midbar-yam {מִדְבַּר־יָם | mid·bār-yām}: desert of the sea (construct chain of noun masculine singular construct + noun masculine singular absolute) • kesufot {כְּסוּפ֤וֹת | ke·su·pōt}: like storms (prefixed preposition k- “like” + noun • feminine plural absolute) • ba-negev {בַּנֶּ֙גֶב֙ | ba·nei·ḡēv}: in the Negev (preposition b- + noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) • la-chalof {לַֽחֲלֹ֔ף | la·ḥă·lōf}: to pass through (preposition l- + verb • Qal infinitive construct) • mi-midbar {מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר | mim·mid·bār}: from the wilderness (prefixed preposition mi- + noun • masculine singular absolute) • ba {בָּ֔א | bāʾ}: it comes (verb • Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • me-eretz {מֵאֶ֖רֶץ | mē·ʾe·reṣ}: from a land (prefixed preposition me- + noun • feminine singular absolute) • nora’ah {נוֹרָאָֽה | nôr·ʾāh}: dreadful (Niphal participle • feminine singular • attributive adjective) |