| 1. Morphological Analysis yāsīpu {וַיֹּסִ֙פוּ֙ | wayyōsîpû}: verb • Hiphil imperfect third person masculine plural with vav consecutive • “and they again did” • bnê {בְּנֵ֣י | bnê}: noun • masculine plural construct • “sons of” • yiśrāʾēl {יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yiśrāʾēl}: proper noun • masculine singular • “Israel” • laʿăśôt {לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת | la-ʿăśôt}: infinitive construct • Qal • “to do” • hārāʿ {הָרַ֖ע | hārāʿ}: noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article • “the evil” • bəʿēnê {בְּעֵינֵ֣י | bə-ʿē-nê}: preposition + noun feminine plural construct with suffix • “in the eyes of” • Yahweh {יְהוָ֑ה | Yahweh}: proper noun • divine name • masculine singular • “LORD” • wayyiṯnêm {וַיִּתְּנֵ֧ם | wayyiṯnêm}: verb • Qal imperfect third person masculine singular with third person masculine plural suffix and vav consecutive • “and He gave them” • bəyād {בְּיַד־ | bə-yād}: preposition + noun feminine singular construct • “into the hand of” • pĕlištîm {פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים | pĕlištîm}: proper noun • masculine plural • “Philistines” • arbaʿîm {אַרְבָּעִ֥ים | ʾar-bā-ʿîm}: numeral • masculine plural • “forty” • šānâh {שָׁנָֽה | šānâh}: noun • feminine singular absolute • “year” |