| 7. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav-consecutive verb • qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • lahem {לָהֶם | lāhem}: to them (preposition + third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) • shimshon {שִׁמְשׁוֹן | Šimšōn}: Samson (proper noun • masculine singular) • im-taʿasun {אִם־תַּעֲשׂוּן | ʾim–taʿăšûn}: if you act (conditional particle + qal imperfect • second person masculine plural) • kazot {כָּזֹאת | kāzôt}: like this (demonstrative pronoun • feminine singular) • ki {כִּי | kî}: but (conjunction) • im-nikkamti {אִם־נִקַּמְתִּי | ʾim–nikkam·tî}: if I take vengeance (conditional particle + niphal perfect • first person singular) • bakhem {בָכֶם | bä·ḵem}: on you (preposition + second person masculine plural pronominal suffix) • ve-ahar {וְאַחַר | və·ʾaḥar}: and afterward (conjunction + preposition) • eḥdal {אֶחְדָּל | ʾeḥdal}: I will cease (qal imperfect • first person singular) |