| 32. Morphological Analysis vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōʾmerû}: and they said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • b’nei {בְּנֵי | bə-nê}: sons of (noun masculine plural construct) • binyamin {בִנְיָמִן | benyāmîn}: Benjamin (proper noun masculine singular) • niggafim {נִגָּפִים | nīnāp̄îm}: they are struck down (Nifal participle masculine plural) • hem {הֵם | hēm}: they (independent pronoun masculine plural) • lefanenu {לְפָנֵינוּ | lə-p̄ānênû}: before us (preposition + noun with first person plural suffix) • kevarishonah {כְּבָרִאשֹׁנָה | kə-varîšônâ}: as at the first (comparative particle + feminine singular noun) • u’b’nei {וּבְנֵי | ū-bənê}: and the sons of (conjunction + noun masculine plural construct) • yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiśrāʾēl}: Israel (proper noun masculine singular) • amru {אָמְרוּ | āmərû}: they said (Qal perfect third person masculine plural) • nanusah {נָנ֙וּסָה | nānûsâ}: let us flee (Qal cohortative first person plural) • unetaqnuhu {וּנְתַקְּנֻהוּ | ūnətaqqənûhû}: and let us draw him out (conjunction + Piʿel cohortative first person plural + third person masculine singular suffix) • min-ha’ir {מִן־הָעִיר | min-hāʿîr}: from the city (preposition + definite article + noun) • el-hamessilot {אֶל־הַמְסִלּוֹת | ʾel-hamməśillôt}: to the roads (preposition + noun feminine plural) |