| 5. Morphological Analysis vaya'alu {וַיַּעֲל֨וּ | wayya‘ălû}: and they went up (conjunction vav + Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • ’elehâ {אֵלֶ֜יהָ | ’êleyhâ}: to her (preposition ’el + third person feminine singular suffix) • sarənê {סַרְנֵ֣י | sarənê}: rulers of (plural construct • masculine) • Plištîm {פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים | Plištîm}: Philistines (proper noun • masculine plural) • vayomru {וַיֹּ֨אמְרוּ | wayyō’mərû}: and they said (conjunction vav + Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • lāh {לָ֜הּ | lāh}: to her (preposition lāməd + third person feminine singular suffix) • pattî {פַּתִּ֣י | pattî}: entice (Piel imperative • second person feminine singular) • ’ôṯô {אוֹת֗וֹ | ’ôṯô}: him (direct object marker + third person masculine singular suffix) • ûre’î {וּרְאִי֙ | ûre’î}: and see (conjunction vav + Qal imperative • second person feminine singular) • bammêh {בַּמֶּה֙ | bammêh}: by what (preposition bē + interrogative mah) • kōaḥô {כֹּח֣וֹ | kōaḥô}: his strength (noun masculine singular construct + third person masculine singular suffix) • gādôl {גָד֔וֹל | gādôl}: great (adjective masculine singular) • ûbammêh {וּבַמֶּה֙ | ûbammêh}: and by what (conjunction vav + preposition bē + interrogative mah) • nûḥal {נ֣וּכַל | nûḥal}: let us be able (Qal imperfect • first person common plural) • lō {ל֔וֹ | lō}: against him (preposition lāməd + third person masculine singular suffix) • va’asərnûhû {וַאֲסַרְנֻ֖הוּ | wa’asərnûhû}: and we will bind him (conjunction vav + Qal imperfect • first person common plural + third person masculine singular suffix) • lə’anôtô {לְעַנֹּת֑וֹ | lə’anôtô}: to afflict him (preposition lə + Piel infinitive construct + third person masculine singular suffix) • vannāḥnû {וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ | vannāḥnû}: and we (conjunction vav + first person common plural) • nittan-lāḵ {נִתַּן־לָ֔ךְ | nittan-lāḵ}: will give you (Niphal imperfect • first person common plural + second person feminine singular suffix) • ’îš {אִ֕ישׁ | ’îš}: a man (noun masculine singular) • ’elep̄ {אֶ֥לֶף | ’elep̄}: one thousand (numeral masculine singular) • ûmē’āh {וּמֵאָ֖ה | ûmē’āh}: and one hundred (conjunction vav + numeral feminine singular) • kāseṗ {כָּֽסֶף׃ | kāseṗ}: silver (noun masculine singular). |