| 14. Morphological Analysis vayakumu {וַיָּק֙וּמוּ֙ | wayyāqūmû}: and they arose (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • sarey {שָׂרֵ֣י | śārê}: princes (noun • masculine plural construct) • moav {מוֹאָ֔ב | mō’āḇ}: Moab (proper noun • masculine singular) • vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ | wayyāḇō’û}: and they came (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • el-balak {אֶל־בָּלָ֑ק | ʾel-bā-lāq}: to Balak (preposition ʾel + proper noun • masculine singular) • vayomru {וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ | wayyō’merû}: and they said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • me’en {מֵאֵ֥ן | mē’ēn}: he refused (Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • bilam {בִּלְעָ֖ם | bil‘ām}: Balaam (proper noun • masculine singular) • halokh {הֲלֹ֥ךְ | ha-lōḵ}: to go (Qal infinitive construct) • immanu {עִמָּֽנוּ | ʿimmānû}: with us (preposition ʿim + first person common plural suffix) |