| 36. Morphological Analysis vayireu {וַיִּרְא֥וּ | wayyirʾû}: and they saw (vav consecutive qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • benei-binyamin {בְנֵי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן | benê binyāmîn}: sons of Benjamin (noun construct masculine plural + proper noun masculine singular) • ki {כִּ֣י | kî}: that • because (conjunction) • niggapu {נִגָּ֑פוּ | niggāpû}: they were struck • beaten (nifʿal perfect third person masculine plural) • vayittenu {וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ | wayyiṭtənû}: and they gave (vav consecutive qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • ish-yisrael {אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל | ’îš-yisrā’ēl}: man of Israel (noun construct masculine singular + proper noun masculine singular) • maqom {מָקוֹם֙ | māqôm}: place (noun masculine singular absolute) • le-binyamin {לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן | lə-binyāmîn}: to Benjamin (preposition + proper noun) • ki {כִּ֤י | kî}: because (conjunction) • batkhu {בָֽטְחוּ֙ | bāṭəḥû}: they trusted (qal perfect third person masculine plural) • el-ha-orev {אֶל־הָ֣אֹרֵ֔ב | ’el-hā-’ôrēḇ}: in the ambush (preposition + noun with definite article + masculine singular participle) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer}: which • that (relative pronoun) • samu {שָׂ֖מוּ | sāmû}: they set • placed (qal perfect third person masculine plural) • el-ha-givah {אֶל־הַגִּבְעָֽה | ’el-ha-gîḇ‘â}: against • near Gibeah (preposition + proper noun with definite article) |