| 3. Morphological Analysis vayissa {וַיִשָּׂא | vayyiśśāʾ}: and he lifted up (vav-consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • mesholo {מְשָׁלוֹ | mĕšālō}: his oracle (noun • masculine singular construct with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • vayomar {וַיֹּאמַר | vayyōmar}: and he said (vav-consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • neum {נְאֻם | nĕʼûm}: utterance (noun • masculine singular absolute) • bilam {בִּלְעָם | bilʻām}: Balaam (proper noun • masculine singular) • beno {בְּנוֹ | bĕnô}: his son (noun • masculine singular construct with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • beor {בְּעוֹר | bĕʻôr}: Beor (proper noun • masculine singular) • uneum {וּנְאֻם | ūnĕʼûm}: and utterance (conjunction vav + noun • masculine singular absolute) • hagever {הַגֶּבֶר | haggĕḇer}: the man (noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) • shtum {שְׁתֻם | šĕtûm}: be shut (verb • Qal passive participle • masculine singular) • haayin {הָעַיִן | hāʼāyin}: the eye (noun • feminine singular absolute with definite article) |