| 14. Morphological Analysis vay-yashav {וַיָּשָׁב | wayyāšāḇ}: and he returned (Vav consecutive + Qal imperfect + third person masculine singular) • Binyamin {בִּנְיָמִן | Binyāmin}: Benjamin (proper noun • masculine singular) • ba'et {בָּעֵת | baʿēt}: at that time (preposition + noun • feminine singular absolute; temporal marker) • hahī {הַהִיא | hāhî}: that (demonstrative pronoun • feminine singular) • vayittnu {וַיִּתְּנוּ | wayyiṯnû}: and they gave (Vav consecutive + Qal imperfect + third person masculine plural) • lahem {לָהֶם | lāhem}: to them (preposition + third person masculine plural suffix) • hannashim {הַנָּשִׁים | han-nāšîm}: the women (noun • feminine plural absolute with definite article) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer}: whom (relative pronoun) • ḥiyu {חִיּוּ | ḥîyû}: they kept alive (Qal perfect + third person common plural) • min {מִן | min}: from (preposition) • neshei {נְּשֵׁי | nešêy}: women of (noun • feminine plural construct) • Yavesh-Gil'ad {יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד | Yāvēš Gil‘āḏ}: Jabesh Gilead (proper noun) • velo-matsu {וְלֹֽא־מָצְא֥וּ | wĕlō’ māṣ’û}: and did not find (conjunction + negative particle + Qal perfect + third person common plural) • lahem {לָהֶם | lāhem}: for them (preposition + third person masculine plural suffix) • ken {כֵּן | kên}: thus; in that way; sufficient (adverb) |