| 2. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wə-yō-mer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • Shemu’el {שְׁמוּאֵל | ši-mu-’êl}: Samuel (proper noun masculine singular) • eikh {אֵיךְ | êyḵ}: how (interrogative adverb) • elekh {אֵלֶךְ | ’ê-leḵ}: shall I go (Qal imperfect first person singular) • ve-shama‘ {וְשָׁמַע | wə-šā-ma‘}: and he will hear (vav consecutive + Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • Sha’ul {שָׁאוּל | šā-’ûl}: Saul (proper noun masculine singular) • va-hargani {וַהֲרָגָנִי | va-ha-rə-ḡā-nî}: and he will kill me (vav consecutive + Qal perfect third person masculine singular + first person singular object suffix) • samech {ס | s}: setumah marker (masoretic minor section sign) • vayomer {وַيֹּאמֶר | wə-yō-mer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun divine name masculine singular) • eglat {עֶגְלַת | ’e-ḡa-lat}: heifer of (noun feminine singular construct) • bakar {בָּקָר | ba-qār}: cattle (noun masculine singular absolute) • tikkach {תִּקַּח | ti-qqaḥ}: you shall take (Qal imperfect second person masculine singular) • be-yadekha {בְּיָדֶךָ | bə-ya-dé-kha}: in your hand (preposition + noun feminine singular construct + second person masculine singular suffix) • ve-amarta {וְאָמַרְתָּ | wə-’ā-mar-tā}: and you shall say (vav consecutive + Qal perfect second person masculine singular) • li-zboach {לִזְבֹּחַ | li-z-bo-’aḥ}: to sacrifice (preposition + Qal infinitive construct) • la-Yahweh {לַיהוָה | la-yə-hō-wāh}: to the LORD (preposition + proper noun divine name masculine singular) • bati {בָּאתִי | bā-’ā-tî}: I have come (Qal perfect first person singular) |