| 8. Morphological Analysis vayya‘alu {וַיַּעֲלוּ | wayya‘ălû}: and they brought up (Vav consecutive + Hiphil imperfect third person masculine plural) • lah {לָהּ | lâh}: to her (Preposition + third person feminine singular pronominal suffix) • sarnei {סַרְנֵי | sārnē}: rulers (Construct masculine plural) • Pelishtim {פְלִשְׁתִּים | Pəlishṭîm}: Philistines (Proper noun masculine plural) • shivah {שִׁבְעָה | šiv‘āh}: seven (Feminine singular absolute) • yeterim {יְתָרִים | yeṯārîm}: cords (Masculine plural absolute) • lachim {לַחִים | laḥîm}: fresh (Masculine plural absolute) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer}: that (Relative pronoun) • lo-choravu {לֹא־חֹרָבוּ | lō-ḥōrāvû}: not been dried (Negation + Qal perfect third person masculine plural) • vata’asrehu {וַתַּאַסְרֵהוּ | wattā’asrēhû}: and she bound him (Vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person feminine singular + third person masculine singular object suffix) • bahem {בָּהֶם | bāhem}: with them (Preposition + third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) |