| 12. Morphological Analysis vayya‘an {וַיַּ֖עַן | wayyā‘an}: and he answered (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • 3ms) • wayyōmar {וַיֹּאמַ֑ר | wayyōmar}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • 3ms) • hā-lō’ {הֲלֹ֗א | hā-lōʼ}: “Is it not?” (interrogative negative particle) • ’ēt {אֵת֩ | ’ēt}: direct object marker • ’ăšer {אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ’ăšer}: “that” (relative pronoun) • yā-śîm {יָשִׂ֤ם | yāśîm}: he puts (Qal imperfect • 3ms) • Yahweh {יְהוָה֙ | Yəhōwāh}: LORD (Divine Name) • bĕ-pî {בְּפִ֔י | bĕ-pî}: in my mouth (preposition + noun • 1cs suffix) • ’ō-tô {אֹת֥וֹ | ’ōtô}: it (3ms direct object pronoun) • ’eš-môr {אֶשְׁמֹ֖ר | ’ešmôr}: I will keep (Qal imperfect • 1cs) • lə-dabbēr {לְדַבֵּֽר | lə-dabbēr}: to speak (preposition + Piel infinitive construct) |