| 39. Morphological Analysis vayhi {וַיְהִי | wayhî}: and it happened (vav consecutive • qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • ha-meleḵ {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hammĕleḵ}: the king (definite article + noun • masculine singular) • ʿōvēr {עֹבֵר | ʿōvēr}: passing by (qal participle • masculine singular) • wəhû {וְהוּא | wəhû}: and he (conjunction + pronoun • masculine singular) • ṣāʿaq {צָעַק | ṣāʿaq}: cried (qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • ʾel-hammĕleḵ {אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ | ʾel-hammĕleḵ}: to the king (preposition + definite article + noun) • wayyōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav consecutive + qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • ʿavdəḵā {עַבְדְּךָ | ʿavdəḵā}: your servant (noun construct + second person masculine singular suffix) • yāṣāʾ {יָצָא | yāṣāʾ}: went out (qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • bəqereḇ-hammilḥāmāh {בְּקֶרֶב־הַמִּלְחָמָה | bəqereḇ-hammilḥāmāh}: in the midst of the battle (preposition + noun construct + definite article + noun • feminine singular) • wəhinneh-ʾîš {וְהִנֵּה־אִישׁ | wəhinneh-ʾîš}: and behold a man (interjection + noun) • sār {סָר | sār}: turned aside (qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • wayyāvēʾ {וַיָּבֵא | wayyāvēʾ}: and he brought (vav consecutive + hiphil imperfect • third person masculine singular) • ʾēlāy {אֵלַי | ʾēlāy}: to me (preposition + first person singular suffix) • ʾîš {אִישׁ | ʾîš}: a man (noun • masculine singular) • wayyōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav consecutive + qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • śəmōr {שְׁמֹר | śəmōr}: guard (qal imperative • masculine singular) • ʾeṯ-hāʾîš {אֶת־הָאִישׁ | ʾeṯ-hāʾîš}: the man (direct object marker + definite article + noun) • hāzeh {הַזֶּה | hāzeh}: this (demonstrative pronoun • masculine singular) • ʾim-hippeqēḏ {אִם־הִפָּקֵד | ʾim-hippeqēḏ}: if he is missing (conditional particle + niphal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • yippāqēḏ {יִפָּקֵד | yippāqēḏ}: he is missing (niphal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • wəhāyetāh {וְהָיְתָה | wəhāyetāh}: and it will be (vav consecutive + qal perfect • third person feminine singular) • nap̄šəḵā {נַפְשְׁךָ | nap̄šəḵā}: your life (noun construct + second person masculine singular suffix) • tāḥat {תַּחַת | tāḥat}: instead of (preposition) • nap̄šō {נַפְשׁוֹ | nap̄šō}: his life (noun + third person masculine singular suffix) • ʾō {אוֹ | ʾō}: or (conjunction) • kikkar-keseph {כִכַּר־כֶּסֶף | kikkar-keseph}: a talent of silver (noun + construct noun) • tišqōl {תִּשְׁקֹל | tišqōl}: you shall weigh/pay (qal imperfect • second person masculine singular) |