| 20. Morphological Analysis vatehi {וַתְּהִי | wə-ṯəhî}: and she became (vav consecutive • qal imperfect • third person feminine singular) • eshet {אֵשֶׁת | ʾêš-et}: wife of (noun • feminine singular construct) • shimshon {שִׁמְשׁוֹן | šîm-šôn}: Samson (proper noun • masculine singular) • le-mere-e-hu {לְמֵרֵעֵהוּ | lə-mē-rê-eh-û}: to his companion (preposition + noun in construct state • masculine singular + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăš-er}: who • that (relative pronoun) • re’a {רֵעָה | rê-‘ā}: had been a companion (qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • lo {לוֹ | lō}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) |