| 34. Morphological Analysis vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | vay-yā-ḇō-’ū}: and they came (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect verb • third person masculine plural) • minneged {מִנֶּגֶד | min-ne-ged}: from opposite (preposition + noun in construct state • masculine singular) • lagiv’ah {לַגִּבְעָה | la-giv-’āh}: to Gibeah (preposition + proper noun • feminine singular absolute) • aseret {עֲשֶׂרֶת | ’ă-se-ret}: ten (numeral • feminine singular construct) • alafim {אֲלָפִים | ’ă-la-fim}: thousands (noun • masculine plural absolute) • ish {אִישׁ | ’îsh}: man (noun • masculine singular absolute) • bachur {בָּחוּר | bā-ḥūr}: chosen (Qal passive participle • masculine singular) • mikol {מִכָּל־ | mi-kol}: from all (preposition + noun in construct state) • yisra’el {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yis-ra-’ēl}: Israel (proper noun • masculine singular) • ve-hamilchamah {וְהַמִּלְחָמָה | we-ham-mil-ḥā-māh}: and the battle (conjunction + noun • feminine singular absolute with definite article) • kavedah {כָּבֵדָה | kā-ve-dāh}: heavy (adjective • feminine singular absolute) • ve-hem {וְהֵם | we-hem}: and they (conjunction + pronoun • third person masculine plural) • lo {לֹא | lō}: not (negative particle) • yad’u {יָדְעוּ | yā-ḏə-’ū}: they knew (Qal perfect verb • third person masculine plural) • ki {כִּי | kī}: because (conjunction) • noga’at {נֹגַעַת | nō-ġa-’āt}: touching • approaching (Qal active participle • feminine singular absolute) • aleihem {עֲלֵיהֶם | ’ă-lê-hem}: upon them (preposition + pronominal suffix • third person masculine plural) • hara’ah {הָרָעָה | hā-rā-’āh}: the disaster (noun • feminine singular absolute with definite article) |