| 1. Morphological Analysis ve {וְ | wə}: conjunction “and” • ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš}: noun common masculine singular absolute “man” • yisra’el {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā-ʾêl}: proper noun masculine singular “Israel” • nishba {נִשְׁבַּע | niš-baʿ}: verb Nifal perfect third person masculine singular “he swore” • bammitspah {בַּמִּצְפָּה | bam-miṣ-pāh}: prepositional phrase בְּ + הַ + noun feminine singular absolute “at Mizpah” • le’emor {לֵאמֹר | lê-ʾā-môr}: infinitive construct לְ + Qal infinitive “to say” • ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš}: noun common masculine singular absolute “man” • mimenu {מִמֶּנּוּ | mim-men-nû}: preposition מִ + first person plural suffix “from us” • lo {לֹא | lōʾ}: negative particle “not” • yitten {יִתֵּן | yiṯ-ṯên}: verb Qal imperfect third person masculine singular “he will give” • bitto {בִּתּוֹ | biṯ-tô}: noun feminine singular construct + third person masculine singular suffix “his daughter” • le-binyamin {לְבִנְיָמִן | lə-bî-nyā-mîn}: preposition + proper noun masculine singular “to Benjamin” • le’ishah {לְאִשָּׁה | lə-ʾîš-šā}: preposition + noun feminine singular absolute “as a wife” |