| 5. Morphological Analysis vayelekhu {וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ | wayyĕlĕḵû}: and they went (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • vayyaggidu {וַיַּגִּ֨ידוּ | wayyaggîḏû}: and they told (vav consecutive Hiphil imperfect third person masculine plural) • leDavid {לְדָוִ֤יד | lə-Dāwîḏ}: to David (preposition + proper noun masculine singular) • al-ha-anashim {עַל־הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ | ʿal-hā-ʾănāšîm}: about the men (preposition + definite article + noun masculine plural) • vayyishlakh {וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח | wayyišlāḥ}: and he sent (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • liqratham {לִקְרָאתָ֔ם | liqrāʾtām}: to meet them (preposition + Qal infinitive construct + third person masculine plural suffix) • ki-hayu {כִּי־הָי֥וּ | kî-hā-yû}: because they were (conjunction + Qal perfect third person masculine plural) • ha-anashim {הָאֲנָשִׁים֖ | hā-ʾănāšîm}: the men (definite article + noun masculine plural) • nikhlamim {נִכְלָמִים֣ | nîḵlāmîm}: were humiliated (Niphal participle masculine plural) • meod {מְאֹ֑ד | meʾōḏ}: very (adverb) • vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר֙ | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • hamelech {הַמֶּלֶךְ֙ | ham-méleḵ}: the king (definite article + noun masculine singular) • shevu {שְׁבוּ֙ | šĕḇû}: stay (Qal imperative masculine plural) • bi-rekho {בִירֵח֔וֹ | bî-reḥô}: in Jericho (preposition + proper noun) • ad {עַד֙ | ʿad}: until (preposition) • asher-yetzamach {אֲשֶׁר־יְצַמַּ֥ח | ʾăšer-yĕṣammāḥ}: when it grows (relative pronoun + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • zekankhem {זְקַנְכֶ֖ם | zᵉqānḵem}: your beard (noun masculine singular construct + second person masculine plural suffix) • ve-shavtem {וְשַׁבְתֶּֽם | wə-šāḇtēm}: and you return (vav consecutive Qal perfect second person masculine plural) |