| 2. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • aviha {אָבִ֗יהָ | ’āviha}: her father (noun • masculine singular construct + third person feminine singular suffix) • amor {אָמֹ֤ר | ’āmôr}: infinitive absolute (Qal) • emphatic expression • amarti {אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ | ’āmar’tî}: I said (Qal perfect • first person singular) • ki-sano {כִּי־שָׂנֹ֣א | kî-śānōʾ}: because-hating (conjunction + infinitive absolute) • seneita {שְׂנֵאתָ֔הּ | śənētāh}: you hated her (Qal perfect • second person masculine singular + third person feminine singular suffix) • wa’attenenah {וָאֶתְּנֶ֖נָּה | wā’attenēnāh}: and I gave her (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • first person singular + third person feminine singular suffix) • ləmērā‘ēkha {לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָ | lə-mērē’aḵā}: to your companion (preposition + noun • masculine singular construct + second person masculine singular suffix) • halo {הֲלֹא | halōʾ}: is it not (interrogative particle) • aḥotah {אֲחֹתָ֤הּ | ’ăḥōṭāh}: her sister (noun • feminine singular construct + third person feminine singular suffix) • haqqəṭannāh {הַקְּטַנָּה֙ | haqqəṭannāh}: the younger (definite article + adjective • feminine singular) • ṭōvāh {טוֹבָ֣ה | ṭōvāh}: good • better (adjective • feminine singular) • mimmēnnāh {מִמֶּ֔נָּה | mimmēnnāh}: than her (preposition + third person feminine singular suffix) • təhî-nāʾ {תְּהִי־נָ֥א | təhî-nāʾ}: let her be • please (Qal jussive • third person feminine singular + entreaty particle) • ləkā {לְךָ֖ | ləḵā}: to you (preposition + second person masculine singular suffix) • taḥtəhā {תַּחְתֶּֽיהָ | taḥtəhā}: in place of her (preposition + third person feminine singular suffix) |