| 13. Morphological Analysis vayyiqqach {וַיִּקַּ֨ח | vāyyiqqāḥ}: and he took (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • Shemu’el {שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל | šəmûʼēl}: Samuel (proper noun • masculine singular) • ʾēt {אֶת־ | ʾēṯ}: direct object marker (not translated) • qeren {קֶ֣רֶן | qeren}: horn (noun • feminine singular absolute) • hashemen {הַשֶּׁ֗מֶן | haššemen}: the oil (noun • feminine singular absolute with definite article) • vayyimšaḥ {וַיִּמְשַׁ֣ח | vāyimšaḥ}: and he anointed (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • ʾōṯô {אֹתוֹ֮ | ʾōṯô}: him (third person masculine singular independent pronominal suffix) • beqerev {בְּקֶ֣רֶב | bəqerev}: in the midst of (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute) • ʼeḥāv {אֶחָיו֒ | ʼeḥāv}: his brothers (noun • masculine plural construct + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • vattiṣlaḥ {וַתִּצְלַ֤ח | vāttiṣlaḥ}: and it came mightily upon (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person feminine singular) • rūaḥ-Yahweh {רֽוּחַ־יְהוָה֙ | rūaḥ Yəhōwāh}: Spirit of the LORD (noun • feminine singular absolute + divine name) • ʾel {אֶל־ | ʾel}: to/upon (preposition) • Dāwiḏ {דָּוִ֔ד | Dāwîḏ}: David (proper noun • masculine singular) • mê-hayyôm {מֵהַיּ֥וֹם | mê-hayyôm}: from the day (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) • ha-hûʼ {הַה֖וּא | hahûʼ}: that (demonstrative pronoun • masculine singular) • wamā‘ālāh {וָמָ֑עְלָה | wamā‘ālāh}: and onward (conjunction + adverb) • vayyiqām {וַיָּ֣קָם | vāyiqām}: and he arose (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • Shemu’el {שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל | šəmûʼēl}: Samuel (proper noun • masculine singular) • vayyēleḵ {וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ | vāyyēleḵ}: and he went (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • hārāmaṯāh {הָרָמָֽתָה | hārāmaṯāh}: to Ramah (preposition + proper noun • feminine singular construct) |