| 11. Morphological Analysis vayya‘lu {וַיַּעֲלוּ | wayya‘alu}: and they went up (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • bevaʿal-peraṭṣim {בְּבַעַל-פְּרָצִים | bəvaʿal-peraṭṣim}: at Baal-Perazim (preposition be + proper noun • masculine singular with maqqef) • wayyakkēm {וַיַּכֵּם | wayyakkēm}: and he struck them down (vav-consecutive • Hiphil imperfect • third person masculine singular with third person masculine plural suffix) • šām {שָׁם | šām}: there (adverb of place) • dāwîḏ {דָּוִיד | dāwîḏ}: David (proper noun • masculine singular) • wayyō’mer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyō’mer}: and he said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • dāwîḏ {דָוִיד | dāwîḏ}: David (proper noun • masculine singular) • pāraṣ {פָּרַץ | pāraṣ}: broke through (Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • hā’ĕlōhîm {הָאֱלֹהִים | hā’ĕlōhîm}: the God (definite article + noun • masculine plural) • ʾet {אֶת | ʾet}: direct object marker • ʼōyĕḇāy {אוֹיְבַי | ʼōyĕḇāy}: my enemies (noun • masculine plural with first person singular suffix) • bəyādî {בְּיָדִי | bəyādî}: by my hand (preposition be + noun • feminine singular construct + first person singular suffix) • kəp̄ereṣ {כְּפֶרֶץ | kəp̄ereṣ}: like a breaching (preposition ke + noun • masculine singular) • māyim {מָיִם | māyim}: waters (noun • masculine plural) • ʿal-ken {עַל־כֵּן | ʿal-ken}: therefore (preposition + adverb) • qārû {קָרְאוּ | qārû}: they called (Qal perfect • third person common plural) • šēm-hammāqōm {שֵׁם־הַמָּקוֹם | šēm-hammāqōm}: the name of the place (noun masculine singular construct + definite article + noun) • hahû’ {הַהוּא | hahû’}: that (demonstrative • masculine singular) • Bāʿal-peraṭṣim {בַּעַל פְּרָצִים | Bāʿal-peraṭṣim}: Baal-Perazim (place name). |