| 8. Morphological Analysis vayaamod {וַיַּעֲמֹד | wayyaʿă·mōḏ}: and he stood (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • vayikra {וַיִּקְרָא | wayyiq·rāʾ}: and he called (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • el-maarkhot {אֶל־מַעַרְכֹת | ʾel-maʿărḵōṯ}: to the ranks (preposition + feminine plural construct noun) • Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiśrāʾēl}: Israel (proper noun) • vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • lahem {לָהֶם | lā·hem}: to them (preposition + third person masculine plural suffix) • lammah {לָמָּה | lāmmah}: why (interrogative particle) • tetseu {תֵצְאוּ | tēṣəʾū}: are you coming out (Qal imperfect • second person masculine plural) • laarokh {לַעֲרֹךְ | laʿărōḵ}: to arrange (Qal infinitive construct) • milchamah {מִלְחָמָה | milḥāmah}: battle (noun • feminine singular absolute) • halo {הֲלוֹא | hallōʾ}: is it not (negative interrogative particle) • anokhi {אָנֹכִי | ʾānō·kî}: I (first person singular independent pronoun) • haplishti {הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי | ha-pəliš·tî}: the Philistine (definite article + noun • masculine singular) • veatem {וְאַתֶּם | wə·ʾattēm}: and you (conjunction + second person masculine plural pronoun) • avadim {עֲבָדִים | ʿăvādim}: servants (noun • masculine plural absolute) • le-Shaul {לְשָׁאוּל | lə·šā·ʾūl}: to Saul (preposition + proper noun) • beru-lakhem {בְּרוּ־לָכֶם | bərû·lā·ḵem}: choose for yourselves (Qal imperative • masculine plural + preposition + second person masculine plural suffix) • ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš}: man (noun • masculine singular absolute) • veyered {וְיֵרֵד | wə·yē·reḏ}: and let him come down (conjunction + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular with jussive nuance) • elai {אֵלַי | ʾē·lay}: to me (preposition + first person singular suffix) |