| 2. Morphological Analysis vayyiqqaehu {וַיִּקָּחֵהוּ | wayyiqqāhēhû}: and he took him (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect verbal form with a third person masculine singular subject and a third person masculine singular object suffix) • shaul {שָׁאוּל | šā’ûl}: Saul (proper noun • masculine singular) • bayyom {בַּיּוֹם | bāyyôm}: on that day (preposition + noun with definite article • masculine singular) • hahu {הַהוּא | hahû}: that (demonstrative pronoun • masculine singular) • velo {וְלֹא | wə-lō’}: and not (conjunction + negative particle) • netano {נְתָנוֹ | nᵊtānô}: he gave him / he permitted him (Qal perfect verbal form with a third person masculine singular subject and a third person masculine singular object suffix) • lashuv {לָשׁוּב | lāšûḇ}: to return (preposition + Qal infinitive construct) • beit {בֵּית | bêt}: house of (noun • masculine singular construct) • aviv {אָבִיו | ’ābîw}: his father (noun • masculine singular construct with a third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) |