| 17. Morphological Analysis vattevkh {וַתֵּ֤בְךְּ | wattēḇḵ}: she wept (vav-consecutive + qal imperfect • third person feminine singular) • alav {עָלָיו֙ | ʿā-lāv}: upon him (preposition ʿal + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • shiv'at {שִׁבְעַ֣ת | šivʿat}: seven (construct form • masculine plural) • ha-yamim {הַיָּמִ֔ים | ha-yā-mîm}: the days (definite article + masculine plural noun) • asher-hayah {אֲשֶׁר־הָיָ֥ה | ʾă-šer-hā-yāh}: that was (relative pronoun + qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • lahem {לָהֶ֖ם | lā-hêm}: for them (preposition lamed + third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) • ham-mishteh {הַמִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה | ham-miš-tēh}: the feast (definite article + masculine singular noun) • vayehi {וַיְהִ֣י | way-yə-hî}: and it happened (vav-consecutive + qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • bayom {בַּיּ֣וֹם | bay-yôm}: on the day (preposition bet + definite article + masculine singular noun) • ha-shvi'i {הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י | ha-šə-ḇî-ʿî}: the seventh (ordinal • definite article + masculine singular) • vayagged-lah {וַיַּגֶּד־לָהּ֙ | way-yag-gēd-lāh}: and he told her (vav-consecutive + hiphil imperfect • third person masculine singular + third person feminine singular pronominal suffix) • ki {כִּ֣י | kî}: because (conjunction) • hetsikathu {הֱצִיקַ֔תְהוּ | hĕ-ṣî-qat-tə-hû}: she distressed him (hiphil perfect • third person feminine singular + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • vatagged {וַתַּגֵּ֥ד | wat-tag-gēḏ}: and she told (vav-consecutive + hiphil imperfect • third person feminine singular) • ha-chidah {הַחִידָ֖ה | ha-ḥî-ḏdah}: the riddle (definite article + feminine singular noun) • livnei {לִבְנֵ֥י | li-vnē}: to the sons of (preposition lamed + masculine plural construct) • ammah {עַמָּֽהּ | ʿam-māh}: her people (masculine singular noun + third person feminine singular pronominal suffix) |