| 16. Morphological Analysis vayavo'u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | vāyāwōʾû}: and they came (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • el {אֶל | ʾel}: to (preposition) • Balaam {בִּלְעָם | Bilʿām}: Balaam (proper noun masculine singular) • vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | vāyōmerū}: and they said (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • lo {לוֹ | lō}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • koh {כֹּה | kō}: thus • so (adverb) • amar {אָמַר | ’āmar}: he said (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • Balak {בָּלָק | Bālaq}: Balak (proper noun masculine singular) • ben {בֶּן | bĕn}: son (noun masculine singular) • Tsippor {צִפּוֹר | Tsippōr}: Zippor (proper noun masculine singular) • al-na {אַל־נָא | ’al-nā}: please do not (negative particle + entreaty particle) • timana {תִמָּנַע | timmānāʿ}: you withhold yourself (Niphal imperfect second person masculine singular) • mehalech {מֵהֲלֹךְ | mēhalōḵ}: from coming (preposition + Qal active participle masculine singular) • elai {אֵלָי | ʾēlāy}: to me (preposition + first person common singular suffix) |