| 18. Morphological Analysis vayomeru {וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ | wayyōʾəmərû}: and they said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • lo {לוֹ֩ | lō}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • anshei {אַנְשֵׁ֨י | ʾănšê}: men of (noun • masculine plural construct) • ha-ir {הָעִ֜יר | hāʾîr}: the city (noun • feminine singular with definite article) • ba-yom {בַּיּ֣וֹם | bayyôm}: in the day (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) • ha-shvi‘i {הַשְּׁבִיעִי֘ | haš-šᵉḇîʿî}: the seventh (ordinal adjective • masculine singular with definite article) • be-terem {בְּטֶ֙רֶם֙ | bəṯerêm}: before (preposition) • yavo {יָבֹא | yāḇōʾ}: he came (Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • ha-charsa {הַחַ֔רְסָה | ḥarrāsâ}: the sunset (noun • feminine singular with definite article) • mah-matok {מַה־מָּת֣וֹק | mah-māṯōq}: what is sweeter (interrogative pronoun + adjective • masculine singular absolute) • midvaš {מִדְּבַ֔שׁ | middəḇaš}: than honey (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute) • u-meh {וּמֶ֥ה | umeh}: and what (conjunction + interrogative pronoun) • az {עַז | ʿaz}: strong (adjective • masculine singular absolute) • me-ari {מֵאֲרִי֑ | mēʾari}: than a lion (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute) • vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōʾəmer}: and he said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • lahem {לָהֶ֔ם | lāhem}: to them (preposition + third person masculine plural suffix) • lule {לוּלֵא֙ | lūlêʾ}: unless (negative conditional particle) • kharashtem {חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣ם | ḥăraštem}: you plowed (Qal perfect • second person masculine plural) • be-eglati {בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔י | bəʿeḡlātî}: with my heifer (preposition + noun in construct + first person singular suffix) • lo {לֹ֥א | lōʾ}: not (negative particle) • metsatem {מְצָאתֶ֖ם | məṣāʾātem}: you found (Qal perfect • second person masculine plural) • hidati {חִידָתִֽי | ḥîḏātî}: my riddle (noun • feminine singular with first person singular suffix). |