| 3. Morphological Analysis notzer {נֹצֵ֣ר | nō-ṣēr}: guarding (Qal active participle • masculine singular) • piv {פִּ֭יו | pîw}: his mouth (noun • masculine singular construct with third person masculine singular suffix) • shomer {שֹׁמֵ֣ר | šō-mēr}: keeping (Qal active participle • masculine singular) • nafsho {נַפְשׁ֑וֹ | nap̄-šô}: his life (noun • feminine singular construct with third person masculine singular suffix) • posek {פֹּשֵׂ֥ק | pō-śēq}: opening wide (Qal active participle • masculine singular) • sefataiv {שְׂפָתָ֗יו | sə-p̄ā-tāyw}: his lips (noun • feminine plural construct with third person masculine singular suffix) • mechittah-lo {מְחִתָּה־לֽוֹ | mə-ḥîṯ-ṭāh-lō}: ruin for him (noun • feminine singular absolute + prepositional suffix) |