| 2. Morphological Analysis vaya‘al {וַיַּ֗עַל | wayyāʿal}: and he went up • vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular • vayaged {וַיַּגֵּד֙ | wayyaḡēd}: and he told • vav consecutive + Hifil imperfect third person masculine singular • le’aviv {לְאָבִ֣יו | ləʾā·vîw}: to his father • preposition + noun masculine singular + third person masculine singular suffix • u-le’imo {וּלְאִמּ֔וֹ | uləʾimmō}: and to his mother • conjunction + preposition + noun feminine singular + third person masculine singular suffix • vayomer {וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said • vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular • ishah {אִשָּׁ֛ה | ’išāh}: a woman • noun feminine singular absolute • ra’iti {רָאִ֥יתִי | rā’îtî}: I have seen • Qal perfect first person singular • betimnatah {בְתִמְנָ֖תָה | bə·timnāṯā}: in Timnah • preposition + proper noun feminine singular with locative he suffix • mibnot {מִבְּנ֣וֹת | mib·nōṯ}: from the daughters of • preposition + construct noun feminine plural • pelishtim {פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | Pəlištîm}: Philistines • proper noun masculine plural • ve-atah {וְעַתָּ֕ה | wə·ʿattāh}: and now • conjunction + adverb • kechuotah {קְחוּ־אוֹתָ֥הּ | qəhû·ʾōṯāh}: take her • Qal imperative second person masculine plural + direct object marker + third person feminine singular suffix • li {לִּ֖י | lī}: for me • preposition + first person singular suffix • leishah {לְאִשָּֽׁה | lə·’išāh}: for a wife • preposition + noun feminine singular absolute |