| 5. Morphological Analysis vayakumu {וַיָּקֻמוּ | wayyāqūmū}: and they rose up (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • alai {עָלַי | ʿālay}: against me (preposition + first person singular suffix) • ba'alei {בַּעֲלֵי | baʿălê}: owners of/men of (construct plural masculine noun) • haggiv'ah {הַגִּבְעָה | ha-gibbə-ʿāh}: the Gibeah (definite article + feminine singular absolute noun) • vayasobu {וַיָּסֹבּוּ | wayyāsobbû}: and they surrounded (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • alai {עָלַי | ʿālay}: against me (preposition + first person singular suffix) • et-ha-bayit {אֵת־הַבַּיִת | ʾet-ha-bā-yit}: the house (direct object marker + masculine singular absolute noun) • laylah {לָיְלָה | lāylāh}: night/by night (masculine singular absolute noun) • oti {אוֹתִי | ʾō-ṯî}: me (direct object marker + first person singular suffix) • dimmu {דִּמּוּ | dîmmû}: they planned/intended (Qal perfect • third person masculine plural) • laharog {לַהֲרֹג | la-hă-rōg}: to kill (preposition + Qal infinitive construct) • ve-et-pilegeshi {וְאֶת־פִּילַגְשִׁי | wə-ʾet-pīlāgešî}: and my concubine (conjunction + direct object marker + feminine singular absolute noun + first person singular suffix) • innu {עִנּוּ | ʿinnû}: they humiliated/violated (Qal perfect • third person masculine plural) • vattamot {וַתָּמֹת | wayyāmmôt}: and she died (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect • third person feminine singular) |