| 3. Morphological Analysis vayyishme’u {וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ | wayyišmə‛û}: and they heard (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • benei {בְּנֵ֣י | bə-nē}: sons of (noun construct masculine plural) • binyamin {בִנְיָמִ֔ן | bin-yā-mîn}: Benjamin (proper noun masculine singular) • ki-‘alu {כִּֽי־עָל֥וּ | kî-‛ā-lû}: that they went up (conjunction + Qal perfect third person masculine plural) • benei-yisra’el {בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | bə-nē-yis-rā-’ēl}: sons of Israel (noun construct masculine plural + proper noun masculine singular) • hamitspah {הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה | ham-mits-pāh}: Mizpah (definite article + proper noun feminine singular) • vayyomeru {וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ | wayyō-mer-û}: and they said (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • benei {בְּנֵ֣י | bə-nē}: sons of (noun construct masculine plural) • yisra’el {יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yiś-rā-’ēl}: Israel (proper noun masculine singular) • dabberu {דַּבְּר֕וּ | dab-bə-rû}: speak (Piel imperative masculine plural) • eikha {אֵיכָ֥ה | ēi-khāh}: how (interrogative particle) • nihyeta {נִהְיְתָ֖ה | nih-ye-tāh}: it happened (Nifal perfect third person feminine singular) • harah {הָרָעָ֥ה | hā-ra-‘āh}: the evil (definite article + noun feminine singular) • hazot {הַזֹּֽאת | ha-zōt}: this (demonstrative pronoun feminine singular) |