| 2. Morphological Analysis wayyikkāḥ {וַיִּקַּ֣ח | wayyikkāḥ}: and he took (vav consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • Dāwīḏ {דָּוִ֣יד | Dāwīḏ}: David (proper noun • masculine singular) • ’et-’ateret-malkam {אֶת־עֲטֶרֶת־מַלְכָּם | ’eṯ-‘ă·ṭe·reṯ-mal·kām}: the crown of their king (direct object marker + construct noun • feminine singular + third person masculine plural suffix) • me-’al {מֵעַל | me-‘al}: from above (preposition + noun) • rōšô {רֹאשׁוֹ | rōšô}: his head (noun construct • masculine singular + third person masculine singular suffix) • wayyimṣā’āh {וַיִּמְצָאָהּ | wayyiṃṣā’āh}: and it was found (vav consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person feminine singular) • mišqāl {מִשְׁקַל | mišqāl}: weight (noun • masculine singular absolute) • kikkar-zāhāv {כִּכַּר־זָהָב | kiqqār-zāhāv}: talent of gold (noun construct • masculine singular) • ūvāh {וּבָהּ | ūvāh}: and in it (conjunction + preposition + third person feminine singular suffix) • ’eḇen {אֶבֶן | ’eḇen}: stone (noun • feminine singular absolute) • yəqārāh {יְקָרָה | yəqārāh}: precious (adjective • feminine singular) • waṯṭəhî {וַתְּהִי | waṯṭəhî}: and it was (vav consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person feminine singular) • ’al-rōš {עַל־רֹאשׁ | ’al-rōš}: upon the head (preposition + noun) • Dāwīḏ {דָּוִד | Dāwīḏ}: David (proper noun • masculine singular) • ūšəlal {וּשְׁלַל | ūšəlal}: and plunder (conjunction + noun • masculine singular absolute) • hā’îr {הָעִיר | hā’îr}: the city (noun • feminine singular absolute) • hōṣî’ {הוֹצִיא | hōṣî’}: he brought out (Hiphil perfect • third person masculine singular) • harbêh {הַרְבֵּה | harbêh}: much (adverb) • mē’ōḏ {מְאֹד | mē’ōḏ}: very (adverb) |