| 5. Morphological Analysis tsinim {צִנִּים | ṣinnîm}: thorns (noun masculine plural absolute) • pakhim {פַּחִים | paḥîm}: snares (noun masculine plural absolute) • be-derekh {בְּדֶרֶךְ | be-ḏereḵ}: in the way (preposition be + noun feminine singular absolute) • iqqesh {עִקֵּשׁ | ʿiqqēš}: of the crooked (adjective masculine singular construct) • shomer {שׁוֹמֵר | šōmêr}: one who guards (participle masculine singular Qal) • nafsho {נַפְשׁוֹ | naṗšô}: his soul (noun feminine singular absolute with third person masculine singular suffix) • yirhaq {יִרְחַק | yirḥaq}: will keep far (verb Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • mehem {מֵהֶם | mēhem}: from them (preposition min + third person masculine plural suffix) |