| 5. Morphological Analysis vayyishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח | vayyišlāḥ}: and he sent (vav consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • malakhim {מַלְאָכִ֜ים | malʾāḵîm}: messengers (noun • masculine plural absolute) • el {אֶל־ | ʾel}: to (preposition) • bilam {בִּלְעָ֣ם | bilʿām}: Balaam (proper noun • masculine singular) • ben {בֶּן־ | ben}: son (construct noun • masculine singular) • beor {בְּעֹר | bəʿôr}: Beor (proper noun • feminine singular) • petorah {פְּ֠תוֹרָה | peṭôrāh}: Pethor (proper noun • feminine singular) • asher {אֲשֶׁ֧ר | ʾăšer}: who/which (relative pronoun) • al {עַל־ | ʿal}: upon (preposition) • hanahar {הַנָּהָ֛ר | hanāhār}: the river (noun • masculine singular with definite article) • eretz {אֶ֥רֶץ | ʾereṣ}: land (noun • feminine singular absolute) • bene {בְּנֵי־ | bənê}: sons of (construct noun • masculine plural) • ammo {עַמּ֖וֹ | ʿammō}: his people (noun • masculine singular with third person masculine singular suffix) • liqrolo {לִקְרֹא־ל֑וֹ | liqrōlō}: to call to him (Qal infinitive construct plus third person masculine singular suffix) • leemor {לֵאמֹ֗ר | lēʾmōr}: saying (infinitive construct) • hinneh {הִנֵּ֠ה | hinnēh}: behold (particle) • am {עַ֣ם | ʿam}: people (noun • masculine singular absolute) • yatsa {יָצָ֤א | yāṣāʾ}: has come out (Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • mimmitsrayim {מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙ | mimmitsrāyim}: from Egypt (preposition plus proper noun • feminine singular) • kissah {כִסָּה֙ | kissāh}: has covered (Piel perfect • third person masculine singular) • et {אֵת־ | ʾeṯ}: direct object marker • ein {עֵ֣ין | ʿēn}: eye (noun • feminine singular absolute) • haaretz {הָאָ֔רֶץ | hāʾāreṣ}: the land (noun • feminine singular with definite article) • vehu {וְהוּא | wəhūʾ}: and it (conjunction plus third person masculine singular pronoun) • yoshev {יֹשֵׁ֖ב | yōšēḇ}: is dwelling (Qal participle • masculine singular) • mimuli {מִמֻּלִֽי | mimmullī}: opposite me (preposition plus first person singular suffix) |