| 24. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | wǎ-yo-mer}: and he said (vav consecutive + qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • Sha’ul {שָׁאוּל | šā-ʼūl}: Saul (proper noun masculine singular) • el {אֶל־ | ʾel}: to (preposition) • Shmu’el {שְׁמוּאֵל֙ | šəmū-ʼēl}: Samuel (proper noun masculine singular) • chatati {חָטָאתִי | ḥā-ṭā-ʼî}: I have sinned (qal perfect first person singular) • ki {כִּי־ | kî}: for (conjunction) • avarti {עָבַרְתִּי | ʿā-vār-tî}: I have transgressed (qal perfect first person singular) • et {אֶת־ | ʾēt}: (direct object marker) • pi {פִּי־ | pî}: mouth or command (noun masculine singular construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | yᵊ-hō-wāh}: LORD (Tetragrammaton divine name • proper noun) • ve-et {וְאֶת | wə-ʼēt}: and (direct object marker) • devarekha {דְּבָרֶיךָ | də-ḇā-rê-ḵā}: your words (noun masculine plural construct with second person masculine singular suffix) • ki {כִּי־ | kî}: for (conjunction) • yareti {יָרֵאתִי֙ | yā-rê-ʼî}: I was afraid (qal perfect first person singular) • et {אֶת־ | ʾēt}: (direct object marker) • ha’am {הָעָם | hā-ʿām}: the people (noun masculine singular collective) • va-eshma {וָאֶשְׁמַע | wā-ʼeš-maʿ}: and I listened (vav consecutive + qal imperfect first person singular) • bekolam {בְּקוֹלָם׃ | bə-qō-lām}: to their voice (preposition + noun masculine singular construct with third person masculine plural suffix) |