| 3. Morphological Analysis vayikrot {וַיִּכְרֹת | va-yi-krôt}: and he made or cut (consecutive vav + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • Yehonatan {יְהוֹנָתָן | Yə-hō-nā-tān}: Jonathan (proper noun • masculine singular) • veDavid {וְדָוִד | wə-dā-wīd}: and David (conjunction vav + proper noun • masculine singular) • berit {בְּרִית | bə-rı̂t}: covenant (noun • feminine singular absolute) • beahavato {בְּאַהֲבָת֥וֹ | bə-ʾă-hă-vā-tô}: because of his love (preposition + noun in construct with third person masculine singular suffix) • oto {אֹתוֹ | ʾō-tô}: him (accusative marker with third person masculine singular suffix) • kenafsho {כְּנַפְשֽׁוֹ | kə-nap̄-šô}: as his soul (preposition + noun with third person masculine singular suffix) |