| 17. Morphological Analysis vayya’as {וַיַּעַשׂ | va-ya-ʿaś}: and he made (vav consecutive • Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • Yehōnāṯān {יְהֹנָתָן | Yəhōnāṯān}: Jonathan (proper noun • masculine singular) • shevū‘āh {שְׁבוּעָה | šəḇū‘āh}: oath • vow (noun • feminine singular absolute) • ‘ōḏ {עוֹד | ‘ōḏ}: again (adverb) • lədāwīḏ {לְדָוִד | lə-Dā-wīḏ}: to David (preposition + proper noun • masculine singular) • kî’āhēḇ {כִּי־אָהֵב | kî-’ā-hēḇ}: because he loved (conjunction + Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • hū’ {הוּא | hūʼ}: he (personal pronoun • third person masculine singular) • lōw {לוֹ | lōw}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • kî’āhēḇ {כִּי־אָהֵב | kî-’ā-hēḇ}: for he loved (conjunction + Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • hū’ {הוּא | hūʼ}: he (personal pronoun • third person masculine singular) • kənap̄šōw {כְּנַפְשׁוֹ | kə-nap̄-šōw}: as his soul (preposition + noun • feminine singular absolute with third person masculine singular suffix) |