| 28. Morphological Analysis vayiphtach {וַיִּפְתַּ֥ח | vā-yip-ṭaḥ}: and he opened (Vav-consecutive Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name) • et-pi {אֶת־פִּי | ʾet-pî}: mouth (direct object marker + noun construct masculine singular + third person masculine singular suffix) • ha-aton {הָאָתוֹן | hā-ʾā-tōn}: the donkey (definite article + noun feminine singular) • vatomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | vā-tō-mer}: and she said (Vav-consecutive Qal imperfect • third person feminine singular) • le-Bilam {לְבִלְעָם | lə-Bilʿām}: to Balaam (preposition + proper noun masculine singular) • meh-asiti {מֶה־עָשִׂיתִי | mē-ʿā-śî-tî}: what have I done (interrogative pronoun + Qal perfect first person singular) • lekha {לְךָ | lə-ḵā}: to you (preposition + second person masculine singular suffix) • ki {כִּי | kî}: because (causal conjunction) • hikkitani {הִכִּיתַנִי | hikkî-tānî}: you have struck me (Hifil perfect second person masculine singular + first person singular suffix) • zeh {זֶה | zê}: this (demonstrative pronoun masculine singular) • shalosh {שָׁלֹשׁ | šā-lō-š}: three (cardinal number) • regalim {רְגָלִים | rə-ḡā-lîm}: occasions (noun masculine plural) |