| 1. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִ֣י | vă-yă-hî}: and it happened (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • hayyom {הַיּ֗וֹם | ha-yyôm}: the day (definite article • masculine singular noun absolute) • vayomer {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vă-yō-mer}: and he said (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • yonathan {יוֹנָתָ֤ן | yô-nā-thān}: Jonathan (proper noun masculine singular) • ben {בֶּן | ben}: son (masculine singular construct) • shaʾul {שָׁאוּל֙ | shā-ʾûl}: Saul (proper noun masculine singular) • ʾel {אֶל־ | ʾel}: to (preposition) • han-naʿar {הַנַּ֙עַר֙ | han-nāʿ-ăr}: the young man (definite article • masculine singular noun absolute) • nōśēʾ {נֹשֵׂ֣א | nō-sēʾ}: bearer (Qal participle masculine singular • “carrying”) • kēlāv {כֵּלָ֔יו | kē-lā̆v}: his weapons (masculine plural noun with third person masculine singular suffix) • lĕkā {לְכָ֗ה | lĕ-kā}: go (imperative masculine singular) • wə-nāʿăberā {וְנַעְבְּרָה֙ | wə-nāʿ-ă-bə-rā}: and let us cross over (vav-consecutive cohortative first person plural) • ʾel {אֶל־ | ʾel}: to (preposition) • maṣṣāb {מַצַּ֣ב | maṣ-sā̆b}: outpost (masculine singular noun) • pəlišitm {פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | pə-li-šî-tîm}: Philistines (proper noun masculine plural) • ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾă-šer}: which (relative pronoun) • mêʿêber {מֵעֵ֣בֶר | mê-ʿê-ber}: from beyond (preposition + noun masculine singular) • hal-lāz {הַלָּ֑ז | hal-lā̆z}: this one (demonstrative adjective) • u-lə-ʾā-vîv {וּלְאָבִ֖יו | u-lə-ʾā-vîv}: and to his father (vav + preposition + noun masculine singular construct + third person masculine singular suffix) • lō {לֹ֥א | lō}: not (negative particle) • higgîd {הִגִּֽיד | hig-gîd}: he told (Hiphil perfect third person masculine singular) |