| 20. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | way-yō-mer}: and he said (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • sha'ul {שָׁא֜וּל | šā’ûl}: Saul (proper noun • masculine singular) • el-shemu'el {אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל | ʾel-šə-mū-’ēl}: to Samuel (preposition + proper noun • masculine singular) • asher {אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ’ă-šer}: that • which (relative pronoun) • shamati {שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ | šā-ma-‘tî}: I heard or obeyed (Qal perfect • first person singular) • beqol {בְּק֣וֹל | bə-qōl}: in the voice (preposition + noun • masculine singular construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָ֔ה | Yᵉ-hō-wāh}: LORD (Tetragrammaton • proper noun • masculine singular) • va'elekh {וָאֵלֵ֕ךְ | wā-’ê-lēḵ}: and I went (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect • first person singular) • baderekh {בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ | ba-ḏe-reḵ}: on the way (preposition + noun • feminine singular absolute with definite article) • asher-shelachani {אֲשֶׁר־שְׁלָחַ֣נִי | ’ă-šer-šə-la-ḥă-nî}: which sent me (relative pronoun + Qal perfect third person masculine singular + first person singular suffix) • Yahweh {יְהוָ֑ה | Yᵉ-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • masculine singular) • va'avi {וָאָבִ֗יא | wā-’ā-vî}: and I brought (vav-consecutive + Hiphil imperfect • first person singular) • et-agag {אֶת־אֲגַג֙ | ’et-’ă-gag}: direct object marker + Agag (proper noun • masculine singular) • melech {מֶ֣לֶךְ | me-leḵ}: king (noun • masculine singular absolute) • amalek {עֲמָלֵ֔ק | ‘ă-mā-lēq}: Amalek (proper noun • masculine singular) • ve’et-amelek {וְאֶת־עֲמָלֵ֖ק | wə-’et-‘ă-mā-lēq}: and Amalek (conjunction + direct object marker + proper noun • masculine singular) • hecheramti {הֶחֱרַֽמְתִּי׃ | he-ḥe-ram-tî}: I utterly destroyed or devoted to destruction (Hiphil perfect • first person singular). |