| 1. Morphological Analysis vayar {וַיַּרְא | wă-yār}: and he saw (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • bilam {בִּלְעָם | bil-ʿām}: Balaam (proper noun masculine singular) • ki {כִּי | kî}: that • because (conjunction) • tov {טוֹב | ṭôb}: good • pleasing (adjective masculine singular absolute) • be-ei-nai {בְּעֵינֵי | bə-ʿê-nê}: in the eyes of (preposition + noun feminine plural construct with third person singular suffix) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh}: LORD (divine name • Tetragrammaton) • levarekh {לְבָרֵךְ | lə-wā-rêḵ}: to bless (Qal infinitive construct) • et-yisrael {אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾet-yīsrāʼēl}: direct object marker + Israel (proper noun masculine singular) • velo-halak {וְלֹא־הָלַךְ | wə-lōʾ-hālak}: and did not go (vav conjunction + negative particle + Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • ke-paam-be-faam {כְּפַעַם־בְּפַעַם | kə-p̄aʿam bə-p̄aʿam}: as at other times (preposition + noun feminine construct + repetition) • likrat {לִקְרַאת | li-qrāṯ}: to meet • seek (preposition + Qal infinitive construct) • nechashim {נְחָשִׁים | ne-ḥā-šîm}: divinations • omens (noun masculine plural) • vayashet {וַיָּשֶׁת | wă-yā-šeṯ}: and he set • turned (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • el-hammidbar {אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּר | ʾel-ham-mid-bār}: toward the wilderness (preposition + noun masculine singular definite) • panav {פָּנָיו | pā-nāv}: his face (noun masculine plural construct with third person singular suffix) |