Judges 9:11

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ הַתְּאֵנָ֔ה הֶחֳדַ֨לְתִּי֙ אֶת־מָתְקִ֔י וְאֶת־תְּנוּבָתִ֖י הַטֹּובָ֑ה וְהָ֣לַכְתִּ֔י לָנ֖וּעַ עַל־הָעֵצִֽים׃

And the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I cease my sweetness and my good fruit, and shall I go to sway over the trees?’

Morphology

1. וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (vattomer) – Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (sequential imperfect) 3rd person feminine singular; Translation: “And she said”; Notes: Refers to the fig tree speaking.
2. לָהֶם֙ (lahem) – Root: ל (l-); Form: Preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “to them”; Notes: Refers to the trees.
3. הַתְּאֵנָ֔ה (ha-teʾenah) – Root: תאנה (teʾenah); Form: Noun, feminine singular definite; Translation: “the fig tree”; Notes: Subject of the sentence.
4. הֶחֳדַ֨לְתִּי֙ (heḥodalti) – Root: חדל (ḥadal); Form: Qal perfect 1st person singular; Translation: “Shall I cease”; Notes: Expresses a rhetorical question.
5. אֶת־מָתְקִ֔י (et-motqi) – Root: מתק (matok); Form: Noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix; Translation: “my sweetness”; Notes: Refers to the taste of the fig fruit.
6. וְאֶת־תְּנוּבָתִ֖י (ve-et-tenuvati) – Root: תנוב (tenuvah); Form: Noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix; Translation: “and my fruit”; Notes: Refers to the tree’s produce.
7. הַטֹּובָ֑ה (ha-tovah) – Root: טוב (tov); Form: Adjective, feminine singular definite; Translation: “the good”; Notes: Describes the fruit.
8. וְהָ֣לַכְתִּ֔י (vehalakhti) – Root: הלך (halakh); Form: Qal perfect 1st person singular; Translation: “and shall I go”; Notes: Expresses reluctance.
9. לָנ֖וּעַ (lanuʿa) – Root: נוע (nuʿa); Form: Qal infinitive construct with preposition; Translation: “to sway”; Notes: Indicates unstable movement.
10. עַל־הָעֵצִֽים׃ (ʿal-haʿetsim) – Root: עץ (ʿets); Form: Noun, masculine plural definite with preposition; Translation: “over the trees”; Notes: Refers to the position of rulership.