| 8. Morphological Analysis vayishme'u {וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ | wayyišməʿū}: and they heard (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • pelishtim {פְלִשְׁתִּים | Pəlištîm}: Philistines (proper noun masculine plural) • ki-nimshach {כִּי־נִמְשַׁ֨ח | kî-nimšaḥ}: that he was anointed (conjunction plus Niphal perfect third person masculine singular) • David {דָּוִ֤יד | Dāwîḏ}: David (proper noun masculine singular) • lemelech {לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙ | ləmeleḵ}: as king (preposition plus noun masculine singular absolute) • al-kol-Yisrael {עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | ‘al kol-Yiśrā’ēl}: over all Israel (preposition plus noun construct plus proper noun masculine singular) • wayya'alu {וַיַּעֲל֥וּ | wayyaʿălû}: and they went up (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • kol-pelishtim {כָל־פְּלִשְׁתִּים | kol Pəlištîm}: all Philistines (noun construct plus proper noun masculine plural) • levaqqesh {לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ | ləvaqqēš}: to seek (preposition plus Piel infinitive construct) • et-David {אֶת־דָּוִ֑יד | ’et Dāwîḏ}: (direct object marker plus proper noun masculine singular) • wayyishma {וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע | wayyišmaʿ}: and he heard (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • David {דָּוִ֔יד | Dāwîḏ}: David (proper noun masculine singular) • wayyeitze {וַיֵּצֵ֖א | wayyēṣēʾ}: and he went out (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • lifneihem {לִפְנֵיהֶם | lip̄nêhem}: before them (preposition plus noun third person masculine plural suffix) |