| 4. Morphological Analysis ve’aviv {וְאָבִיו | wə-ʾā-viv}: and his father (conjunction vav; noun • masculine singular construct; pronominal suffix third person masculine singular) • ve’immo {וְאִמּוֹ | wə-ʾim-mo}: and his mother (conjunction vav; noun • feminine singular construct; pronominal suffix third person masculine singular) • lo {לֹא | lōʾ}: not (negation particle) • yad‘û {יָדְעוּ | yā-ḏə-‘û}: they knew (verb • Qal perfect; third person plural) • kî {כִּי | kî}: for • because (conjunction) • mê-Yahweh {מֵיְהוָה | mê-Yə-hō-wāh}: from the LORD (preposition min; proper noun • divine name Yahweh) • hî {הִיא | hî}: she • it (demonstrative pronoun; third person feminine singular) • kî-to‘ănâ {כִּי־תֹאֲנָה | kî-ṭō-‘ă-nāh}: for an occasion (conjunction + noun; with maqqef; noun • feminine singular absolute) • hû’-mĕvaqqēš {הוּא־מְבַקֵּשׁ | hû’-mə-bā-qē-š}: he is seeking (demonstrative pronoun + verb; Piel participle; masculine singular; with maqqef) • mi-Plištîm {מִפְּלִשְׁתִּים | mi-pə-liš-ṭîm}: from the Philistines (preposition min; proper noun • masculine plural) • ū-vā-‘ēt {וּבָעֵת | ū-bā-‘ēt}: and at the time (conjunction vav; preposition bet; noun • feminine singular absolute) • hā-hî {הַהִיא | hā-hî}: that • the same (demonstrative pronoun; feminine singular) • Plištîm {פְּלִשְׁתִּים | Plištîm}: Philistines (proper noun; masculine plural) • mōšəlîm {מֹשְׁלִים | mō-šə-lîm}: ruling (verb • Qal participle; masculine plural) • bə-Yisra’ēl {בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל | bə-yis-rā-’ēl}: over Israel (preposition bet; proper noun • masculine singular) |