| 13. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּ֧אמֶר | wayyōʾmer}: and he said (conjunction vav with converted imperfect verb • Qal stem • third person masculine singular) • David {דָּוִ֛יד | dāwîḏ}: David (proper noun • masculine singular) • el-gad {אֶל־גָּ֖ד | ʾel-gāḏ}: to Gad (preposition + proper noun • masculine singular) • tsar-li {צַר־לִ֣י | ṣar-lî}: distress is mine (adjective used substantively • masculine singular construct + preposition lamed with first person singular suffix) • meod {מְאֹ֑ד | məʾōḏ}: very (adverb) • eplah-na {אֶפְּלָה־נָּ֣א | ʾeppəlāh-nāʾ}: let me fall • please (verb • Qal cohortative • first person singular + particle of entreaty) • be-yad-Yahweh {בְיַד־יְהוָ֗ה | bəyaḏ-yəhōwāh}: into the hand of the LORD (preposition + noun feminine singular construct + proper noun • divine name) • ki-rabbim {כִּֽי־רַבִּ֤ים | kî-rabbîm}: for great are (conjunction + adjective masculine plural used predicatively) • rachamav {רַחֲמָיו֙ | raḥămāw}: His mercies (noun masculine plural construct + third person masculine singular suffix) • meod {מְאֹ֔ד | məʾōḏ}: very (adverb) • u-ve-yad-adam {וּבְיַד־אָדָ֖ם | ûḇəyaḏ-ʾāḏām}: and into the hand of man (conjunction + preposition + noun feminine singular construct + noun masculine singular) • al-epol {אַל־אֶפֹּֽל | ʾal-ʾeppōl}: let me not fall (negative particle + verb • Qal imperfect used jussively • first person singular) |