| 16. Morphological Analysis vayomru {וַיֹּֽאמְר֨וּ | wayyōmerû}: and they said (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third-person masculine plural) • ziknei {זִקְנֵ֣י | ziqnê}: of the elders (noun masculine plural construct) • ha’edah {הָעֵדָ֔ה | hāʾēḏāh}: the assembly (noun feminine singular absolute with definite article) • mah {מַה־ | mah}: what (interrogative pronoun) • naʿaseh {נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה | naʿăśeh}: shall we do (Qal imperfect first-person common plural) • la-notarim {לַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים | la-nōṯārîm}: for those who remain (preposition + Qal passive participle masculine plural) • le-nashim {לְנָשִׁ֑ים | lə-nāšîm}: for women (preposition + noun feminine plural) • kî {כִּֽי־ | kî}: because (conjunction) • nishmedah {נִשְׁמְדָ֥ה | nišmĕḏāh}: has been destroyed (Niphal perfect third-person feminine singular) • mi-binyamin {מִבִּנְיָמִ֖ן | mibbinyāmîn}: from Benjamin (preposition + proper noun masculine singular) • ishah {אִשָּֽׁה | ʾiššāh}: a woman (noun feminine singular absolute) |