| 32. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • elav {אֵלָיו֙ | ʾēlāw}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • malʾakh {מַלְאַ֣ךְ | malʾā́kh}: messenger (noun • masculine singular absolute) • Yahweh {יְהוָ֔ה | Yəhṓwāh}: LORD (Tetragrammaton • proper noun) • ʿal-mah {עַל־מָ֗ה | ʿal-māh}: why (preposition ʿal + interrogative pronoun mah) • hikkîtā {הִכִּ֙יתָ֙ | hikkîtā}: have you struck (Hifil perfect second person masculine singular) • ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct object marker • ʾōṯōnkā {אֲתֹ֣נְךָ֔ | ʾōṯōnkā}: your donkey (noun • feminine singular absolute + second person masculine singular suffix) • zeh {זֶ֖ה | zeh}: this (demonstrative pronoun • masculine singular) • šālōš {שָׁל֣וֹשׁ | šālōš}: three (cardinal number) • rəgālîm {רְגָלִים֑ | r ə gālîm}: times (noun • feminine plural absolute; idiomatic plural) • hinnēh {הִנֵּ֤ה | hinnēh}: behold (particle) • ʾānōkî {אָנֹכִי֙ | ʾānōkî}: I (personal pronoun • first person common singular) • yāṣā́ṯî {יָצָ֣אתִי | yāṣā́ṯî}: I have come out (Qal perfect first person singular) • lĕšāṭān {לְשָׂטָ֔ן | lĕšāṭān}: as an adversary (preposition lĕ + noun satan) • kî-yāraṭ {כִּֽי־יָרַ֥ט | kî-yāraṭ}: because it has become perverse (conjunction kî + Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • had·derek {הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ | had·derek}: the way (definite article + noun masculine singular) • lĕnĕḡdî {לְנֶגְדִּיֽ | lĕnĕḡdî}: before me (preposition lĕ + neged + first person singular suffix) |