| 25. Morphological Analysis vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōmerû}: and they said • vav consecutive • Qal imperfect third person masculine plural • elav {אֵלָיו | ʾēlāyw̱}: to him • preposition + third person masculine singular suffix • bnei-dan {בְּנֵי־דָן | benē dān}: sons of Dan • construct masculine plural + proper noun • al {אַל | ʾal}: do not • negative particle prohibiting • tashma {תַּשְׁמַע | tašmaʿ}: you let hear • Qal imperfect second person masculine singular • qolekha {קוֹלְךָ | qōlḵā}: your voice • noun masculine singular + second person masculine singular suffix • immanu {עִמָּנוּ | ʿimmānū}: with us • preposition + first person plural suffix • pen {פֶּן | pen}: lest • conjunction introducing a warning clause • yipgeu {יִפְגְּעוּ | yipgāʿû}: they may attack • Qal imperfect third person masculine plural • bakhem {בָכֶם | bākem}: against you • preposition + second person masculine plural suffix • anashim {אֲנָשִׁים | ʾănāšîm}: men • noun masculine plural • marei {מָרֵי | mārē}: bitter of soul • noun masculine plural construct • nefesh {נֶפֶשׁ | nepeš}: soul • noun feminine singular • vesaphta {וְאָסַפְתָּ | wəʾāsaftā}: and you will bring upon • vav consecutive • Qal perfect second person masculine singular • nafshekha {נַפְשְׁךָ | nap̄šexā}: your life • noun feminine singular + second person masculine singular suffix • venepeš {וְנֶפֶשׁ | wənepeš}: and life • conjunction + noun feminine singular • betecha {בֵּיתֶךָ | bêṯexā}: of your household • noun masculine singular + second person masculine singular suffix |