| 7. Morphological Analysis va'ezrem {וָאֶזְרֵם | wā-’ez-rēm}: and I winnowed or scattered them (vav conversive + verb • Hiphil imperfect • first person singular) • b'mizreh {בְּמִזְרֶה | bə-miz-reh}: with a winnowing fork (preposition + noun • masculine singular) • b'sha'arei {בְּשַׁעֲרֵי | bə-ša-ʿă-rê}: at the gates of (preposition + noun • masculine plural construct) • ha'aretz {הָאָרֶץ | hā-ʾā-reṣ}: the land (definite article + noun • feminine singular) • shikkalti {שִׁכַּלְתִּי | ši-kal-ti}: I have bereaved (verb • Piel perfect • first person singular) • ibbadti {אִבַּדְתִּי | ʾib-bad-ti}: I have destroyed (verb • Piel perfect • first person singular) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct object marker (particle) • ammi {עַמִּי | ʿam-mî}: my people (noun • masculine singular construct + first person singular suffix) • midarkheim {מִדַּרְכֵיהֶם | mi-dar-khê-hem}: from their ways (preposition + noun • masculine plural construct + third person masculine plural suffix) • lo-shavu {לֹא־שָׁבוּ | lō-šā-vû}: they did not return (negative particle + verb • Qal perfect • third person masculine plural) |