| 7. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect verb • third person masculine singular) • eileha {אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ | ʾelehāh}: to her (preposition + third person feminine singular suffix) • shimshon {שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן | šimšōn}: Samson (proper noun • masculine singular) • im {אִם | ʾim}: if (conditional particle) • yasruni {יַאַסְרֻ֗נִי | yaʾaśrûnî}: bind me (Qal imperfect verb • third person masculine plural with first person singular suffix) • beshivah {בְּשִׁבְעָ֛ה | bəšibhʿāh}: with seven (preposition + cardinal numeral • feminine singular) • yetarim {יְתָרִ֥ים | yəṭārı̂m}: bowstrings (noun • masculine plural absolute) • lachim {לַחִ֖ים | laḥı̂ym}: fresh (adjective • masculine plural absolute) • asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾăšer}: which (relative pronoun) • lochoravu {לֹא־חֹרָ֑בוּ | lō·ḥōrāvû}: have not been dried (negative particle + Qal perfect verb • third person masculine plural) • vechaliti {וְחָלִ֥יתִי | wəḥālı̆tî}: then I will become weak (vav-consecutive + Qal perfect verb • first person singular) • vehayiti {וְהָיִ֖יתִי | wəhāyîtî}: and I will be (vav-consecutive + Qal perfect verb • first person singular) • keʾechad {כְּאַחַ֥ד | kěʾaḥâd}: like one (preposition + cardinal numeral • masculine singular) • haadam {הָאָדָֽם | hāʾādām}: the man (definite article + noun • masculine singular) |