| 22. Morphological Analysis hema {הֵמָּה | hêmmāh}: they (independent pronoun • masculine plural) • meitivim {מֵיטִיבִ֣ים | mêṯîvîm}: were making glad (verb • Piel participle • masculine plural) • et-livbam {אֶת־לִבָּם | ʾeṯ-libbām}: their heart (direct object marker + noun • masculine singular • 3rd-person-pl suffix) • vehineh {וְהִנֵּה | wə-hi-nēh}: and behold (conjunction + interjection) • anshei {אַנְשֵׁי | ʾănšê}: men of (noun construct • masculine plural) • haeir {הָעִיר | hā-ʿîr}: the city (noun • feminine singular • definite) • anshei {אַנְשֵׁי | ʾănšê}: men of (noun construct • masculine plural) • benei-beliyaal {בְנֵי־בְלִיַּעַל | bĕnê-bĕlîyaʿal}: sons of worthlessness (noun construct • masculine plural + noun • masculine singular) • nasabu {נָסַבּוּ | nāsabbû}: they surrounded (verb • Qal perfect • 3rd-person-pl) • et-habayit {אֶת־הַבַּיִת | ʾeṯ-habbāyit}: the house (direct object marker + noun • masculine singular • definite) • mitdapqim {מִתְדַּפְּקִים | mitdapqîm}: were pounding (verb • Hitpael participle • masculine plural) • al-hadalet {עַל־הַדָּלֶת | ʿal-haddālet}: on the door (preposition + noun • feminine singular • definite) • vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōmərû}: and they said (verb • Vav-consecutive Qal imperfect • 3rd-person-pl) • el-haish {אֶל־הָאִישׁ | ʾel-hāʾîš}: to the man (preposition + noun • masculine singular • definite) • baal {בַּעַל | baʿal}: master/owner (noun • masculine singular) • habayit {הַבַּיִת | habbāyit}: the house (noun • masculine singular • definite) • hazaken {הַזָּקֵן | hazzāqēn}: the old man (noun • masculine singular • definite) • leemor {לֵאמֹר | lēʾ-mōr}: saying (infinitive construct) • hotse {הוֹצֵא | hōṣēʾ}: bring out (verb • Hiphil imperative • masculine singular) • et-haish {אֶת־הָאִישׁ | ʾeṯ-hāʾîš}: the man (direct object marker + noun • masculine singular • definite) • asher-ba {אֲשֶׁר־בָּא | ʾăšer-bāʾ}: who came (relative pronoun + verb • Qal perfect • 3rd-person-sing) • el-beitkha {אֶל־בֵּיתְךָ | ʾel-bēyṯkā}: to your house (preposition + noun • 2nd-person-ms suffix) • venedaenu {וְנֵדָעֶנּוּ | wə-nēḏāʿennû}: and let us know him (conjunction + verb • Qal imperfect • 1st-pl with 3rd-ms suffix; idiom for sexual relations) |