| 23. Morphological Analysis ve-sarnei {וְסַרְנֵי | wə-sar-nê}: and the princes (conjunction vav + noun masculine plural construct) • pelishtim {פְלִשְׁתִּים | pə-lî-š-tîm}: Philistines (proper noun masculine plural) • neʾeṣāp̄û {נֶאֱסְפוּ | nĕ-ʾəṣ-āp̄û}: they were gathered (Niphal perfect third person masculine plural) • lizbōaḥ {לִזְבֹּחַ | liz-bō-aḥ}: to sacrifice (Qal infinitive construct expressing purpose) • zēvāḥ-gādōl {זֶבַח־גָּד֛וֹל | zē-vāḥ-gā-dōl}: great sacrifice (noun masculine singular absolute + adjective) • lə-dā-gōn {לְדָג֥וֹן | lə-dā-gōn}: to Dagon (preposition + proper noun masculine singular) • ʾelōhêhem {אֱלֹהֵיהֶם | ʾĕ-lō-hê-hem}: their god (noun masculine plural construct with third person masculine plural suffix) • û-lə-simḥāh {וּלְשִׂמְחָה | û-lə-sim-ḥāh}: and to rejoice (conjunction vav + preposition + Qal infinitive construct) • way-yōʾămrû {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | way-yō-ʾăm-rû}: and they said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • nāṯān {נָתַן | nā-ṯān}: he has given (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • ʾelōhênû {אֱלֹהֵינוּ | ʾĕ-lō-hê-nû}: our god (noun masculine plural construct with first person plural suffix) • bə-yā-ḏê-nû {בְּיָדֵנוּ | bə-yā-ḏê-nû}: into our hand (preposition + noun feminine singular construct with first person plural suffix) • ʾēṯ {אֵת | ʾēṯ}: direct object marker (untranslated particle) • šimšôn {שִׁמְשׁוֹן | šim-šôn}: Samson (proper noun masculine singular) • ʾôyvênû {אוֹיְבֵינוּ | ʾôy-vê-nû}: our enemy (noun masculine plural construct with first person plural suffix). |