| 18. Morphological Analysis lamah {לָ֣מָּה | lā-māh}: why (interrogative particle) • hayah {הָיָ֤ה | hā-yāh}: was • has been (verb • Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • ke'evi {כְאֵבִי֙ | kə-ʼê-vî}: my pain (noun • masculine singular construct with first person singular pronominal suffix) • netsakh {נֶ֔צַח | ne-ṣá-ḥ}: continual (noun • masculine singular absolute functioning adverbially) • u-makkati {וּמַכָּתִ֖י | ū-maḵ-kā-tî}: and my wound (conjunction + noun • feminine singular construct with first person singular pronominal suffix) • anushah {אֲנוּשָׁ֑ה | ă-nū-shāh}: incurable (adjective • feminine singular absolute) • me'anah {מֵֽאֲנָה֙ | mē-ʾă-nāh}: refusing (verb • Qal perfect third person feminine singular) • herafe {הֵֽרָפֵ֔א | hē-rā-p̄ē}: to be healed (infinitive construct • Niphal stem) • hayo {הָי֨וֹ | hā-yō}: infinitive absolute of hayah (intensifier) • tihyeh {תִֽהְיֶ֥ה | tīh-yéh}: will be (verb • Qal imperfect second masculine singular) • li {לִי֙ | lî}: to me (preposition + first person singular pronominal suffix) • kemo {כְּמ֣וֹ | kə-mô}: like (preposition) • akhzav {אַכְזָ֔ב | ʼă-ḵzāv}: deceptive (noun • masculine singular absolute used metaphorically) • mayim {מַ֖יִם | ma-yim}: waters (noun • masculine plural absolute) • lo {לֹ֥א | lōʾ}: not (negative particle) • ne'emanu {נֶאֱמָֽנוּ | ne-ʾe-mā-nû}: are dependable (verb • Niphal perfect third person plural) |