| 7. Morphological Analysis vayyiqqah {וַיִּקַּ֣ח | wayyiqqāḥ}: he took (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • David {דָּוִד | Dāwîḏ}: David (proper noun masculine singular) • et {אֵת | ʾēt}: definite direct object marker (particle) • shiltey {שִׁלְטֵי | šīlṭê}: shields (noun masculine plural construct) • hazahav {הַזָּהָב | hazzāhāv}: the gold (noun masculine singular with definite article) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer}: that; which (relative pronoun) • hayu {הָיוּ | hāyû}: they were (Qal perfect third person masculine plural) • al {עַל | ʿal}: upon (preposition) • avdei {עַבְדֵי | ʿăḇdê}: servants (noun masculine plural construct) • Hadadezer {הֲדַדְעָזֶר | Ḥăḏaddeʿāzēr}: Hadadezer (proper noun masculine singular) • vayyevi’em {וַיְבִיאֵם | wayyēḇî’ēm}: and he brought them (vav-consecutive Hiphil imperfect third person masculine singular plus third person masculine plural suffix) • Yerushalayim {יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם | Yə-rū-šā-lā-yim}: Jerusalem (proper noun feminine singular) |