| 4. Morphological Analysis vechol {וְכָל־ | wə-kōl}: and all (conjunction vav prefixed + noun masculine singular absolute) • yisraʾel {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiśrāʾēl}: Israel (proper noun) • shamʿû {שָׁמְעוּ | šāməʿû}: they heard (qal perfect third person masculine plural) • ləʾmôr {לֵאמֹר | ləʾmôr}: to say (preposition + qal infinitive construct) • hiqqāh {הִכָּה | hiqqāh}: he struck (hiphil perfect third person masculine singular) • šāʾûl {שָׁאוּל | šāʾûl}: Saul (proper noun) • ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct-object marker (particle) • nəṣîb {נְצִיב | nəṣîb}: outpost • garrison (noun masculine singular absolute) • pᵊlišṭīm {פְּלִשְׁתִּים | pᵊlišṭīm}: Philistines (proper noun) • wə-gam {וְגַם | wə-gam}: and also (conjunction + particle) • nivʾāš {נִבְאַשׁ | nivʾāš}: became despised (niphal perfect third person masculine singular) • yiśrāʾēl {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiśrāʾēl}: Israel (proper noun) • ba-pᵊlišṭīm {בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים | ba-pᵊlišṭīm}: among the Philistines (preposition + definite article + noun) • wayyiṣṣăʿăqû {וַיִּצָּעֲקוּ | wayyiṣṣăʿăqû}: they were called together • they assembled (vav-consecutive + qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • hā-ʿām {הָעָם | hā-ʿām}: the people (noun masculine singular with definite article) • ʾaḥărê {אַחֲרֵי | ʾaḥărê}: after • following (preposition) • šāʾûl {שָׁאוּל | šāʾûl}: Saul (proper noun) • hā-Gilgal {הַגִּלְגָּל | hā-Gilgal}: Gilgal (proper noun • place name with definite article) |