| 4. Morphological Analysis ve-nas {וְנָס | wə-nāś}: and he fled (vav consecutive Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • el {אֶל־ | ʾel}: to (preposition) • achat {אַחַת | ʾā-ḥat}: one (numeral • feminine singular) • me-ha-arim {מֵהֶעָרִים | mē-hā-ʿā-rîm}: from the cities (preposition min + definite article ha + noun • feminine plural absolute) • ha-eleh {הָאֵלֶּה | hā-ʾél-leh}: these (demonstrative • feminine plural) • ve-amad {וְעָמַד | wə-ʿā-mad}: and he stood (vav consecutive Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • petach {פֶּתַח | pē-ṭaḥ}: entrance (noun • masculine singular absolute) • sha’ar {שַׁעַר | sha-ʿar}: gate (noun • masculine singular absolute) • ha-ir {הָעִיר | hā-ʿîr}: the city (definite article ha + noun • feminine singular absolute) • ve-dibber {וְדִבֶּר | wə-dib-ber}: and he spoke (vav consecutive Piel perfect third person masculine singular) • be-oznei {בְּאָזְנֵי | bə-ʾoz-nē}: in the ears of (preposition be + noun • feminine plural construct) • ziknei-ha-ir {זִקְנֵי־הָעִיר | ziḳ-nē-hā-ʿîr}: elders of the city (noun • masculine plural construct + definite article) • ha-hi {הַהִיא | ha-hîʾ}: that (demonstrative • feminine singular) • et-devarav {אֶת־דְּבָרָיו | ʾet-de-vā-rāḇ}: direct-object marker + his words (particle + noun masculine plural with pronominal suffix) • ve-asfu {וְאָסְפוּ | wə-ʾas-pū}: and they gathered (vav consecutive Qal perfect third person plural) • oto {אֹתוֹ | ʾō-tō}: him (third person masculine singular pronoun suffix) • ha-irah {הָעִירָה | hā-ʿî-rā}: into the city (definite article ha + noun with locative -ah) • aleihem {אֲלֵיהֶם | ʾă-lē-hem}: to them (preposition + pronominal suffix) • ve-natnu-lo {וְנָתְנוּ־לֹו | wə-nat-nū-lō}: and they gave to him (vav consecutive Qal perfect third person plural + preposition + suffix) • makom {מָקוֹם | mā-qōm}: place (noun • masculine singular absolute) • ve-yashav {וְיָשַׁב | wə-yā-šav}: and he dwelt (vav consecutive Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • immam {עִמָּם | ʿim-mām}: with them (preposition + pronominal suffix) |