| 3. Morphological Analysis vayashev {וַיָּשֶׁב | wayyāšeb}: and he returned (vav-consecutive • qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: definite direct object marker • elef {אֶלֶף | ʾelep̄}: thousand (noun • masculine singular absolute) • u-meʾah {וּמֵאָה | wəmēʾāh}: and a hundred (vav-conjunction • noun • feminine singular absolute) • ha-kesef {הַכֶּסֶף | hak-keseph}: the silver (definite article • masculine singular absolute) • le-immōw {לְאִמּוֹ | ləʾimmōw}: to his mother (preposition lamed • noun with third person masculine singular suffix) • vatōmer {וַתֹּאמֶר | wattōmer}: and she said (vav-consecutive • qal imperfect • third person feminine singular) • immōw {אִמּוֹ | immōw}: his mother (noun • feminine singular with suffix) • haqqedēš {הַקְדֵּשׁ | haqqedēš}: dedicating (hiphil infinitive absolute • masculine singular) • hiqqad(a)štî {הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי | hiqqad(a)štî}: I have dedicated (hiphil perfect • first person singular) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct object marker • ha-kesef {הַכֶּסֶף | hak-keseph}: the silver (definite article • masculine singular absolute) • la-Yahweh {לַיהוָה | la-Yahweh}: to the LORD (preposition lamed plus Tetragrammaton) • miyyādī {מִיָּדִי | miyyādî}: from my hand (preposition min plus noun with first person singular suffix) • libnī {לִבְנִי | libnî}: for my son (preposition lamed plus noun with suffix) • laʿăšôt {לַעֲשׂוֹת | laʿăšôt}: to make (preposition lamed plus qal infinitive construct) • peseḷ {פֶּסֶל | peseḷ}: image/idol (noun • masculine singular absolute) • wə-massekāh {וּמַסֵּכָה | wəmassekāh}: and a cast image (conjunction plus noun) • wəʿattāh {וְעַתָּה | wəʿattāh}: and now (conjunction plus adverb) • ʾăšîwenû {אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ | ʾăšîwenû}: I will return it (hiphil imperfect • first person singular with third person masculine singular suffix) • lāḵ {לָךְ | lāḵ}: to you (preposition lamed plus second person feminine singular suffix). |