| 24. Morphological Analysis ve-ish {וְאִישׁ | wə-ʾîš}: and man (conjunction vav + noun • masculine singular) • yisraʾel {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiśrāʾēl}: Israel (proper noun • masculine singular) • nippash {נִגַּשׂ | nippāṣ}: approached (verb • Niphal perfect third person masculine singular) • ba-yom {בַּיּוֹם | ba-yôm}: on the day (preposition + noun • masculine singular with definite article) • ha-hûʾ {הַהוּא | ha-hûʾ}: that (definite article + demonstrative adjective • masculine singular) • wayyōʾēl {וַיֹּאֶל | wayyōʾēl}: bound under oath (verb • Hiphil imperfect third person masculine singular with vav consecutive) • šaʾûl {שָׁאוּל | šāʾûl}: Saul (proper noun • masculine singular) • ʾet-ha-ʿāmm {אֶת־הָעָם | ʾet-ha-ʿāmm}: the people (direct object marker + definite article + noun • masculine plural) • lēmôr {לֵאמֹר | lēmôr}: saying (infinitive construct of the verb ʾāmar) • ʾārūr {אָרוּר | ʾārūr}: cursed (participle • Qal passive • masculine singular) • ha-ʾîš {הָאִישׁ | ha-ʾîš}: the man (definite article + noun • masculine singular) • ʾăšer-yōḵāl {אֲשֶׁר־יֹאכַל | ʾăšer-yōḵāl}: who eats (relative pronoun + verb • Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • leḥem {לֶחֶם | leḥem}: food (noun • masculine singular) • ʿad-ha-ʿereḇ {עַד־הָעֶרֶב | ʿad-ha-ʿereḇ}: until evening (preposition + noun • masculine singular with definite article) • wə-niqqamṯî {וְנִקַּמְתִּי | wə-niqqamṯî}: and I have avenged myself (verb • Niphal perfect first person common singular) • mē-ʾôyēḇay {מֵאֹיְבַי | mē-ʾôyēḇay}: from my enemies (preposition + noun with first person singular pronominal suffix) • wə-lōʾ {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ}: and not (conjunction vav + negative particle) • ṭāʿam {טָעַם | ṭāʿam}: tasted (verb • Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • kol-ha-ʿāmm {כָּל־הָעָם | kol-ha-ʿāmm}: all the people (quantifier + noun with definite article • masculine singular) • laḥem {לָחֶם | laḥem}: food (noun • masculine singular) |