| 12. Morphological Analysis ve’amru {וְאָמְרוּ | wə-’āmrû}: and they said (conjunction vav + verb Qal perfect third person masculine plural) • no’ash {נוֹאָשׁ | nō’āš}: it is hopeless (verb Niph‘al perfect third person masculine singular) • ki {כִּי | kî}: for • since (conjunction) • acharei {אַחֲרֵי | ʾaḥărê}: after (preposition) • machshevoteinu {מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵינוּ | maḥšəḇôtênû}: our plans (noun feminine plural construct with first person plural suffix) • nēlêḵ {נֵלֵ֔ךְ | nēlêḵ}: we will go (verb Qal imperfect first person plural) • ve’îš {וְאִ֛ישׁ | wə’îš}: and each man (conjunction vav + noun masculine singular absolute) • šərîrût {שְׁרִרוּת | šərîrût}: stubbornness (noun feminine singular absolute) • libbô-hārāʿ {לִבּוֹ־הָרָע | libbô-hārāʿ}: his evil heart (noun masculine singular construct with pronominal suffix + adjective) • na‘ăśeh {נַעֲשֶֽׂה | na‘ăśeh}: we will do (verb Qal imperfect first person plural) |