| 6. Morphological Analysis vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōmerû}: and they said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • pelishtim {פְלִשְׁתִּים | pəlišṭîm}: Philistines (proper noun • masculine plural) • mi {מִי | mî}: who (interrogative pronoun) • asah {עָשָׂה | ʿāśâ}: did (Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • zot {זֹאת | zōṯ}: this (demonstrative pronoun • feminine singular) • vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōmerû}: and they said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • shimshon {שִׁמְשׁוֹן | šimšōn}: Samson (proper noun • masculine singular) • chatan {חֲתַן | ḥāṯān}: son-in-law (noun • masculine singular construct) • hattimni {הַתִּמְנִי | hattimnî}: the Timnite (gentilic noun • masculine singular with definite article) • ki {כִּי | kî}: because (conjunction) • lakach {לָקַח | lāqaḥ}: he took (Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • et-ishto {אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ | ʾet-ʾištô}: et + his wife (direct object marker + noun • feminine singular construct + third person masculine singular suffix) • vayittenah {וַיִּתְּנָהּ | wayyiṯnâh}: and he gave her (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular + third person feminine singular suffix) • lemere’ehu {לְמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּ | ləmērēʿēhû}: to his companion (preposition + noun • masculine singular construct + third person masculine singular suffix) • vaya’alu {וַיַּעֲל֣וּ | wayyaʿalû}: and they went up (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • pelishtim {פְלִשְׁתִּים | pəlišṭîm}: Philistines (proper noun • masculine plural) • vayisrefu {וַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ | wayyisrefû}: and they burned (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • otah {אוֹתָהּ | ʾōṯāh}: her (accusative pronoun • third person feminine singular) • ve-et-avihah {וְאֶת־אָבִיהָ | vəʾeṯ-ʾāḇîhâ}: and + et + her father (conjunction + direct object marker + noun • masculine singular + third person feminine singular suffix) • ba-esh {בָּאֵשׁ | bāʾēš}: in fire (preposition + noun • feminine singular) |