| 7. Morphological Analysis vataanenah {וַֽתַּעֲנֶ֛ינָה | vattəʿănēnāh}: and they answered (vav consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person feminine plural) • hanashim {הַנָּשִׁים | hannāšīm}: the women (definite article + noun • feminine plural absolute) • hamesachakot {הַֽמְשַׂחֲק֖וֹת | haməśaḥăqōṯ}: those playing or dancing (definite article + Piel participle • feminine plural absolute) • vatomerna {וַתֹּאמַרְנָה | vattōmarnāh}: and they said (vav consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person feminine plural) • hikkah {הִכָּה | hikkāh}: he struck or smote (Hiphil perfect • third person masculine singular) • Shaul {שָׁאוּל | šāʾūl}: Saul (proper noun • masculine singular) • bealafav {בַּאֲלָפָיו | baʾălāpāyv}: in his thousands (preposition + noun • masculine plural construct + third person masculine singular suffix) • vedavid {וְדָוִד | wədāwîd}: and David (conjunction + proper noun • masculine singular) • berivvotav {בְּרִבְבֹתָיו | bəriḇbōṯāv}: in his ten-thousands (preposition + noun • feminine plural construct + third person masculine singular suffix) |