| 5. Morphological Analysis vattehi {וַתְּהִי | vaṯ-te-hî}: and it was (vav consecutive + qal imperfect third person feminine singular) • od {עוֹד | ʿōḏ}: again (adverb) • milchamah {מִלְחָמָה | mil-ḥā-mā}: battle/war (noun feminine singular absolute) • et-pelishtim {אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | ʾet-pə-lîš-tîm}: direct object marker + Philistines (particle + proper noun masculine plural) • vayyakh {וַיַּךְ | wā-yaḵ}: and he struck (vav consecutive + qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • elchanan {אֶלְחָנָן | ʾel-ḥā-nān}: Elhanan (proper noun masculine singular) • ben-yaor {בֶּן־יעור | ben-yaʾ-ôr}: son of Jaor (construct noun + proper noun) • yair {יָעִיר | yā-ʿîr}: Jair (proper noun masculine singular) • et-lachmi {אֶת־לַחְמִי | ʾet-laḥ-mî}: direct object marker + Lahmi (particle + proper noun masculine singular) • achi {אֲחִי | ă-ḥî}: brother of (construct noun masculine singular) • galyat {גָּלְיָת | gā-lyāṯ}: Goliath (proper noun masculine singular) • ha-gitti {הַגִּתִּי | ha-gi-tî}: the Gittite (noun masculine singular with definite article) • ve-etz {וְעֵץ | wə-ʿêṣ}: and the shaft (conjunction + noun masculine singular with definite article) • chanito {חֲנִיתוֹ | ḥă-ni-tô}: his spear (noun feminine singular with third person masculine singular suffix) • ki-menor {כִּמְנ֖וֹר | ki-me-nôr}: like a weaver’s beam (preposition + noun masculine singular) • orgim {אֹרְגִֽים | ʾôr-gîm}: weavers (participle masculine plural) |