| 23. Morphological Analysis vattere’ {וַתֵּ֣רֶא | waṯ-tê-rē’}: and she saw (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person feminine singular) • ha’aton {הָאָתוֹן֩ | hā-’āṯ-ôn}: the female donkey (definite article + noun • feminine singular absolute) • et-malach {אֶת־מַלְאַ֨ךְ | ’et-mal-’ākh}: direct object marker + messenger (particle + noun • masculine singular absolute) • Yahweh {יְהוָ֜ה | Yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name) • nitsav {נִצָּ֣ב | nî-ṣāḇ}: standing (Niphal participle • masculine singular absolute) • badderekh {בַּדֶּ֗רֶךְ | ba-ddê-reḵ}: in the road (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) • vecharbo {וְחַרְבּ֤וֹ | wə-ḥar-bô}: and his sword (conjunction vav + noun construct + third person masculine singular suffix) • sheluphah {שְׁלוּפָה֙ | šə-lû-p̄āh}: drawn (Qal passive participle • feminine singular absolute) • beyado {בְּיָד֔וֹ | bə-ya-ddô}: in his hand (preposition + noun + third person masculine singular suffix) • vattet {וַתֵּ֤ט | waṯ-tê-ṭ}: and she turned aside (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person feminine singular) • ha’aton {הָֽאָתוֹן֙ | hā-’āṯ-ôn}: the female donkey (definite article + noun • feminine singular absolute) • minhadderekh {מִן־הַדֶּ֔רֶךְ | min-ha-ddê-reḵ}: from the road (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) • vattelakh {וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ | waṯ-tê-lēkh}: and she went (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person feminine singular) • basadeh {בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה | ba-śā-dêh}: in the field (preposition + noun • feminine singular absolute with definite article) • vayakh {וַיַּ֤ךְ | wa-yay-yākh}: and he struck (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • Bila’am {בִּלְעָם֙ | bil-‘ā‘m}: Balaam (proper noun • masculine singular) • et-ha’aton {אֶת־הָ֣אָת֔וֹן | ’et-hā-’āṯ-ôn}: direct object marker + the female donkey (particle + noun • feminine singular absolute) • lehatotah {לְהַטֹּתָ֖הּ | lə-hat-tō-tāh}: to turn her aside (preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct + third person feminine singular suffix) • had-derekh {הַדָּֽרֶךְ | ha-ḏā-rêkh}: the road (definite article + noun • masculine singular absolute) |