| 5. Morphological Analysis vayyasem {וַיָּשֶׂם | wayyāsem}: and he put • set (vav consecutive • Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct-object marker (particle) • nafsho {נַפְשׁוֹ | nepešô}: soul • life • self (noun • feminine singular • third person masculine singular suffix) • vekappo {בְּכַפּוֹ | bə-kappô}: in his hand (preposition + noun • feminine singular • third person masculine singular suffix) • vayyak {וַיַּךְ | wayyaḵ}: and he struck • hit (vav consecutive • Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • hap̄êlišṯî {הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי | hap̄êlišṯî}: the Philistine (noun • masculine singular definite) • vayyaʿaś {וַיַּעַשׂ | wayyaʿaś}: and he did • made (vav consecutive • Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yəhōwâ}: LORD (proper noun • divine name • Tetragrammaton) • tešûāh {תְּשׁוּעָה | tešûāh}: salvation • deliverance (noun • feminine singular absolute) • gedôlāh {גְדוֹלָה | gedôlāh}: great • large (adjective • feminine singular) • lĕkōl {לְכָל | lĕkōl}: for all (preposition + noun • masculine singular) • Yiśrāʾēl {יִשְׂרָאֵל | Yiśrāʾēl}: Israel (proper noun • masculine singular) • rāʾîtā {רָאִיתָ | rāʾîtā}: you saw (Qal perfect • second person masculine singular) • wăṯišmāḥ {וַתִּשְׂמָח | wăṯišmāḥ}: and you rejoiced (vav consecutive • Qal perfect • second person masculine singular) • wə-lāmmāh {וְלָמָּה | wə-lāmmāh}: and why (conjunction + interrogative adverb) • təḥeṭāʾ {תֶחֱטָא | təḥeṭāʾ}: you sin • transgress (Qal imperfect • second person masculine singular) • bə-dām {בְּדָם | bə-dām}: with blood (preposition + noun • masculine singular) • nāqî {נָקִי | nāqî}: innocent (adjective • masculine singular) • lə-hā-mît {לְהָמִית | lə-hā-mît}: to kill (Qal infinitive construct) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct-object marker (particle) • Dāwîḏ {דָּוִד | Dāwîḏ}: David (proper noun • masculine singular) • ḥinnām {חִנָּם | ḥinnām}: for nothing • without cause (adverb) |