| 42. Morphological Analysis vayifnu {וַיִּפְנ֞וּ | wayyip̄nû}: and they turned (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • lifnei {לִפְנֵ֨י | lip̄nê}: before (preposition with construct) • ish {אִ֤ישׁ | ʾîš}: man (noun • masculine singular absolute • collective sense) • yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | yiśrāʾēl}: Israel (proper noun • masculine singular collective) • el {אֶל־ | ʾel}: to/toward (preposition) • derekh {דֶּ֣רֶךְ | dereḵ}: way (noun • feminine singular absolute) • hamidbar {הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר | hammidbār}: the wilderness (noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) • vehamilchamah {וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה | wǝ-hammilḥāmāh}: and the battle (conjunction + noun • feminine singular with definite article) • hidbikathu {הִדְבִּיקָ֑תְהוּ | hidbəqāṯehû}: overtook him/it (Hifil perfect third person feminine singular with third person masculine singular suffix) • vaasher {וַאֲשֶׁר֙ | wa-ʾăšer}: and those who (vav-consecutive + relative pronoun masculine plural) • mehearim {מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים | mēhēʿārīm}: from the cities (preposition + noun • feminine plural absolute) • mashchitim {מַשְׁחִיתִ֥ים | mašḥîṯîm}: destroying (Piel participle masculine plural) • oto {אוֹת֖וֹ | ʾōṯô}: him/it (third person masculine singular direct object pronoun) • betokho {בְּתוֹכֽוֹ | bᵊṯôḵô}: in his midst (preposition + noun with third person masculine singular suffix) |