| 3. Morphological Analysis al-ken {עַל־כֵּן | ʿal-ken}: therefore (preposition ‘al “upon”; demonstrative pronoun kên “thus”) • maleu {מָלְא֤וּ | mālēʾû}: they have filled (verb • Qal perfect • third person masculine plural) • matnai {מָתְנַי֙ | māṯənāy}: my loins (noun • masculine dual construct with first person singular suffix) • chalchalah {חַלְחָלָ֔ה | ḥalḥālāh}: trembling (noun • feminine singular absolute) • tzirim {צִירִים | ṣîrîm}: pangs (noun • masculine plural absolute) • achazuni {אֲחָז֔וּנִי | ’ăḥāzûnî}: they have seized me (verb • Qal perfect • third person masculine plural with first person singular suffix) • ke-tzirey {כְּצִירֵ֖י | kə-ṣîrêy}: like pangs (preposition kə “like”; noun • masculine plural construct) • yoledah {יֽוֹלֵדָ֑ה | yôlêḏāh}: of a woman in labor (participle • feminine singular absolute) • naaveti {נַעֲוֵ֣יתִי | na‛ăwîṯî}: I was bent (verb • Niphal perfect • first person singular) • mishmoa {מִשְּׁמֹ֔עַ | mišmōaʿ}: from hearing (preposition min “from”; noun • masculine singular infinitive construct) • nivhallti {נִבְהַלְתִּי | nivhallîtî}: I was terrified (verb • Niphal perfect • first person singular) • mereot {מֵרְאֽוֹת | mere’ōṯ}: from seeing (preposition min “from”; noun • feminine singular infinitive construct) |