| 12. Morphological Analysis vatikkach {וַתִּקַּח | va-tiqqāḥ}: and she took (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person feminine singular) • delilah {דְּלִילָה | dĕ-lî-lāh}: Delilah (proper noun • feminine singular) • avotim {עֲבֹתִים | ʿă-vō-ṭîm}: ropes (noun • masculine plural absolute) • chadashim {חֲדָשִׁים | ḥă-dā-šîm}: new (adjective • masculine plural absolute) • vataasrehu {וַתַּאַסְרֵהוּ | va-ṭaʾ-as-rê-hû}: and she bound him (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person feminine singular + third person masculine singular suffix) • bahem {בָהֶם | bā-hem}: with them (preposition + third person masculine plural suffix) • vatomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | va-tô-mer}: and she said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person feminine singular) • elav {אֵלָיו | ʾê-lāyw}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • pelishtim {פְּלִשְׁתִּים | pĕ-liš-ṭîm}: Philistines (proper noun • masculine plural) • aleikha {עָלֶיךָ | ʿā-lê-ḵā}: upon you (preposition + second person masculine singular suffix) • shimshon {שִׁמְשׁוֹן | šim-šōn}: Samson (proper noun • masculine singular) • wehaorev {וְהָאֹרֵב | wə-hā-ʾō-rê-ḇ}: and the ambush (conjunction + definite article + masculine singular active participle) • yoshev {יֹשֵׁב | yō-šêv}: was sitting (masculine singular active participle) • bechader {בֶּחָדֶר | bə-ḥā-der}: in the room (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute) • wayenattekem {וַיְנַתְּקֵם | wa-yə-nat-tê-ḵem}: and he tore them off (vav-consecutive • Piel imperfect • third person masculine singular + third person masculine plural suffix) • meal {מֵעַל | mê-ʿāl}: from upon (preposition + construct) • zerotav {זְרֹעֹתָיו | zə-rō-ʿō-ṯāw}: his arms (noun • feminine plural absolute + third person masculine singular suffix) • kahut {כַּחֽוּט | ka-ḥūṭ}: like a thread (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute). |