| 2. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wā-yō-mer}: and he said (consecutive vav / Qal imperfect / third person masculine singular) • David {דָּוִד | Dāwîḏ}: David (proper noun / masculine singular) • el {אֶל | ʾel}: to (preposition) • Yoav {יוֹאָב | Yōʾāḇ}: Joab (proper noun / masculine singular) • ve-el {וְאֶל | wə-ʾel}: and to (conjunction + preposition) • sarei {שָׂרֵי | śārê}: commanders (noun / construct plural masculine) • ha-am {הָעָם | hā-ʿām}: the people (noun / masculine singular + definite article) • lechu {לְכוּ | lə-ḵû}: go (Qal imperative / second person masculine plural) • sifru {סִפְרוּ | sī-prû}: count (Qal imperative / second person masculine plural) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: (direct object marker) • Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | Yiśrāʾēl}: Israel (proper noun / masculine) • mibe'er {מִבְּאֵר | mib-bēr}: from (preposition + noun / feminine singular) • sheva {שֶׁבַע | še-vāʿ}: Sheba (proper noun) • ve-ad {וְעַד־ | wə-ʻad}: and to (conjunction + preposition) • Dan {דָּן | Dān}: Dan (proper noun / masculine singular) • vehavi'u {וְהָבִיאוּ | wə-hā-vî-ʾû}: and bring (conjunction + Hifil imperative / second person masculine plural) • elai {אֵלַי | ʾēlây}: to me (preposition + suffix / first person singular) • ve-ed'ah {וְאֵדְעָה | wə-ʾēd-‘āh}: and I may know (conjunction + Qal imperfect / first person singular) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: (direct object marker) • misparam {מִסְפָּרָם | mis-pā-rām}: their number (noun / masculine singular + third person masculine plural suffix) |