| 3. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • Bilam {בִּלְעָם | bilʿām}: Balaam (proper noun • masculine singular) • leValak {לְבָלָק | ləbalāq}: to Balak (preposition + proper noun • masculine singular) • hityatzev {הִתְיַצֵּב | hittāṣēv}: stand (Hitpael imperative • second person masculine singular) • al-olatekha {עַל־עֹלָתֶךָ | ʿal-ʿōlāteḵā}: on your burnt offering (preposition + feminine singular construct noun + second person masculine singular suffix) • veelkha {וְאֵלְכָה | wəʾēlĕḵā}: and I will go (vav conjunction + Qal cohortative • first person common singular) • ulai {אוּלַי | ʾûlāy}: perhaps (particle) • yikkareh {יִקָּרֵה | yiqqārēh}: it may meet (Niphal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh}: LORD (Tetragrammaton • proper noun • divine name) • likrati {לִקְרָאתִי | liqrātî}: to meet me (preposition + infinitive construct + first person common singular suffix) • u-davar {וּדְבַר | ūdāḇār}: and the word (conjunction + masculine singular noun) • mah-yareni {מַה־יַּרְאֵנִי | mah-yar’ēnî}: what he will show me (interrogative pronoun + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular + first person common singular suffix) • vehigadeti {וְהִגַּדְתִּי | wəhiggādtî}: and I will tell (vav conjunction + Hiphil perfect • first person common singular) • lakh {לָךְ | lākā}: to you (preposition + second person masculine singular suffix) • vayelekh {וַיֵּלֶךְ | wayyēleḵ}: and he went (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • shefi {שֶׁפִי | šephî}: bare height (noun • masculine singular). |