| 3. Morphological Analysis vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ | wayyō’merû}: and they said (vav consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • sarei {שָׂרֵ֨י | sārê}: commanders (construct state noun • masculine plural of sar ‘prince • leader’) • benei-ammon {בְנֵי־עַמּ֜וֹן | bənē-‘ammôn}: sons of Ammon (construct • masculine plural) • lechanun {לְחָנוּן | lə-ḥānûn}: to Hanun (preposition + proper noun) • hamekabbed {הַֽמְכַבֵּ֨ד | haməḵabbēḏ}: the one who honors (definite article + Piel active participle • masculine singular of kabad) • david {דָּוִ֤יד | Dāwîḏ}: David (proper noun) • et-avikha {אֶת־אָבִ֙יךָ֙ | ’et-’āwîḵā}: your father (direct object marker + noun with pronominal suffix) • be-eineikha {בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ | bə-‘êynêḵā}: in your eyes (preposition + noun with pronominal suffix) • ki {כִּֽי־ | kî}: because/that (conjunction) • shalach {שָׁלַ֥ח | šālāḥ}: he sent (Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • lekha {לְךָ֖ | ləḵā}: to you (preposition + pronominal suffix) • menachamim {מְנַחֲמִ֑ים | mənaḥammîm}: comforters (Piel active participle • masculine plural of nacham) • halo {הֲלֹא֙ | hălō’}: is it not? (interrogative particle) • ba-avur {בַּ֠עֲבוּר | ba‘ăḇūr}: for the purpose of (preposition + noun) • lachkor {לַחְקֹ֨ר | laḥqôr}: to search (Qal infinitive construct of haqor) • velhafokh {וְלַהֲפֹךְ֙ | wə-laḥappōḵ}: and to overthrow (vav + Qal infinitive construct of hafakh) • ule-raggel {וּלְרַגֵּל֙ | ûlə-raggēl}: and to spy (vav + Piel infinitive construct of ragel) • ha-aretz {הָאָרֶץ֙ | hā-’āreṣ}: the land (noun • feminine singular absolute with definite article) • bau {בָּאוּ֙ | bā’û}: they have come (Qal perfect • third person masculine plural) • avadav {עֲבָדָ֖יו | ‘ăḇādāyw}: his servants (noun with pronominal suffix) • eleikha {אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ | ’ēleyḵā}: to you (preposition + pronominal suffix) |