| 3. Morphological Analysis ve-lamah {וְלָמָה | wə-lā-mā}: and why (conjunction vav + interrogative adverb) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • Tetragrammaton divine name) • mevi {מֵבִיא | mē-vîʾ}: is bringing (Hiphil participle • masculine singular) • otanu {אֹתָנוּ | ʾō-ṯā-nû}: us (accusative marker ʾōṯ + first person common plural suffix) • el {אֶל | ʾel}: to (preposition) • haaretz {הָאָרֶץ | hā-ʾā-reṣ}: the land (feminine singular absolute + definite article) • hazot {הַזֹּאת | haz-zôt}: this (demonstrative pronoun • feminine singular) • linpol {לִנְפֹּל | lin-pōl}: to fall (Qal infinitive construct) • bacherav {בַּחֶרֶב | ba-ḥe-rev}: by the sword (preposition + feminine singular noun) • nashenu {נָשֵׁינוּ | nā-šē-nû}: our wives (feminine plural construct + first person common plural suffix) • vetapenu {וְטַפֵּנוּ | wə-ṭap-pē-nû}: and our little ones (conjunction vav + masculine plural construct + first person common plural suffix) • yihyu {יִהְיוּ | yi-hyû}: they will be (Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • lavaz {לָבַז | lā-vaẓ}: for plunder (preposition + masculine singular noun) • halo {הֲל֧וֹא | ha-lōʾ}: is it not (interrogative particle) • tov {טוֹב | ṭôv}: good (adjective • masculine singular) • lanu {לָנוּ | lā-nû}: for us (preposition + first person common plural suffix) • shuv {שׁוּב | šûḇ}: to return (Qal infinitive construct) • mitsraymah {מִצְרָיְמָה | miṣ-rā-ya-mah}: to Egypt (proper noun with directional he) |