| 7. Morphological Analysis ben {בֶּן | bĕn}: son (noun • masculine singular construct) • arbaʿim {אַרְבָּעִים | arbaʿîm}: forty (numeral • masculine plural) • šānâ {שָׁנָה | šānâ}: year (noun • feminine singular absolute) • ’ănôkî {אָנֹכִי | ’ănôkî}: I (pronoun • first person singular independent) • bišlôaḥ {בִּשְׁלֹחַ | bišlôaḥ}: in sending (preposition בְּ + Qal infinitive construct of šālaḥ “to send”) • Mōšēh {מֹשֶׁה | Mōšēh}: Moses (proper noun • masculine singular) • ’eḇeḏ {עֶבֶד | ’eḇeḏ}: servant (noun • masculine singular construct) • Yəhôwāh {יְהוָה | Yəhôwāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name • masculine singular absolute) • ’ōṯî {אֹתִי | ’ōṯî}: me (direct object marker + pronominal suffix) • miqqāḏēš {מִקָּדֵשׁ | miqqāḏēš}: from Kadesh (preposition מִן + noun • masculine singular) • Barneʻa {בַּרְנֵעַ | Barneʻa}: Barnea (proper noun • masculine singular construct) • lərəggēl {לְרַגֵּל | lərəggēl}: to spy out (preposition לְ + Piel infinitive construct of rāgal) • ’ēṯ {אֶת | ’ēṯ}: direct object marker • hāʾāreṣ {הָאָרֶץ | hāʾāreṣ}: the land (noun • feminine singular absolute with definite article) • wā’āšēḇ {וָאָשֵׁב | wā’āšēḇ}: and I returned (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • first person singular) • ’ōṯō {אֹתוֹ | ’ōṯō}: it (direct object marker + pronominal suffix) • dāḇār {דָּבָר | dāḇār}: word (noun • masculine singular absolute) • ka’ăšer {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka’ăšer}: just as (comparative conjunction) • ’im {עִם | ’im}: with (preposition) • ləḇāḇî {לְבָבִי | ləḇāḇî}: my heart (noun • masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix) |