| 2. Morphological Analysis ki {כִּי | kî}: because (conjunction) • lō’ {לֹא | lō’}: not (negation) • qiddəmu {קִדְּמוּ | qiddəmu}: they met (Piel perfect third person masculine plural) • et-bənê {אֶת־בְּנֵי | ʾet-bənê}: sons of (direct object marker + noun construct masculine plural) • yiśrəʾēl {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiśrəʾēl}: Israel (proper noun) • ba-ləḥem {בַּלֶּחֶם | ba-ləḥem}: with bread (preposition + noun masculine singular with definite article) • u-vammāyim {וּבַמָּיִם | u-vammāyim}: and with water (conjunction + preposition + noun masculine plural with definite article) • wayyiškôr {וַיִּשְׂכֹּר | wayyiškôr}: and he hired (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • ʿālāv {עָלָיו | ʿālāv}: against him (preposition + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • et-Bilʿām {אֶת־בִּלְעָם | ʾet-Bilʿām}: Balaam (direct object marker + proper noun) • lə-qallēlōw {לְקַֽלְל֔וֹ | lə-qallēlōw}: to curse him (preposition + Piel infinitive construct + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • wayyaḥăpōx {וַיַּהֲפֹךְ | wayyaḥăpōx}: and he turned (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • ʾĕlohêynû {אֱלֹהֵינוּ | ʾĕlohêynû}: our God (noun masculine plural with first person plural pronominal suffix) • ha-qəlālāh {הַקְּלָלָה | ha-qəlālāh}: the curse (definite article + noun feminine singular) • li-vrāḵāh {לִבְרָכָה | li-vrāḵāh}: to blessing (preposition + noun feminine singular) |