| 13. Morphological Analysis vayelchu {וַיֵּלְכוּ | wayyēḻĕḵû}: and they went (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • shloshet {שְׁלֹשֶׁת | šəlōšeṯ}: three (construct numeral • masculine singular) • bnei-Yishai {בְּנֵי־יִשַׁי | bə·nē yišāy}: sons of Jesse (construct noun phrase • masculine plural + proper noun) • ha-gdolim {הַגְּדֹלִים | ha·gə·dō·lîm}: the eldest (adjective • masculine plural with definite article) • halchu {הָלְכוּ | hā·lē·ḵû}: they went (Qal perfect • third person masculine plural) • acharei-Shaul {אַחֲרֵי־שָׁאוּל | ʾăḥǎrê šā’ûl}: after Saul (preposition + proper noun) • la-milchamah {לַמִּלְחָמָה | la·mil·ḥā·māh}: to the war (preposition + noun • feminine singular with definite article) • ve-shem {וְשֵׁם | wə·šēm}: and name (conjunction + noun • masculine singular) • shloshet {שְׁלֹשֶׁת | šəlōšeṯ}: three (construct numeral • masculine singular; second occurrence) • banav {בָּנָיו | bā·nā·w}: his sons (noun • masculine plural + third person masculine singular suffix) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă·šer}: who (relative pronoun) • halchu {הָלְכוּ | hā·lē·ḵû}: they went (Qal perfect • third person masculine plural; second occurrence) • ba-milchamah {בַּמִּלְחָמָה | ba·mil·ḥā·māh}: in the war (preposition + noun • feminine singular with definite article) • Eliav {אֱלִיאָב | ʾĕ·lî·ʾāḇ}: Eliab (proper noun • masculine singular) • ha-bechor {הַבְּכוֹר | ha·bə·ḵôr}: the firstborn (noun • masculine singular with definite article) • u-mishnehu {וּמִשְׁנֵהוּ | ū·mish·nê·hû}: and his second (conjunction + noun • masculine singular + third person masculine singular suffix) • Avinadav {אֲבִינָדָב | ʾa·vî·nā·ḏāḇ}: Abinadab (proper noun • masculine singular) • ve-ha-shlishi {וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁי | wə·haš·lî·šî}: and the third (conjunction + ordinal noun • masculine singular with definite article) • Shammah {שַׁמָּה | šammāh}: Shammah (proper noun • masculine singular) |