| 3. Morphological Analysis vayishbo‘a {וַיִּשְׁבֹּעַ | wayyishbōaʿ}: vav consecutive + Qal imperfect + third person masculine singular • swore • David {דָּוִד | dāwîḏ}: proper noun + masculine singular • vayōmer {וַיֹּאמַר | wayyōmer}: vav consecutive + Qal imperfect + third person masculine singular • said • ’ak {אַךְ | ʾaḵ}: adverb • only • yāda‘ {יָדַע | yādaʿ}: Qal perfect + third person masculine singular • knows • āḇîḵā {אָבִיךָ | ʾāḇîḵā}: noun + masculine singular + second person masculine singular suffix • your father • kî {כִּי | kî}: subordinating conjunction • that/for • be‘ēnêḵā {בְּעֵינֶיךָ | beʿēnêḵā}: preposition + noun feminine plural construct + second person masculine singular suffix • in your eyes • ḥāpeṣ {חָפֵץ | ḥāpeṣ}: Qal perfect + third person masculine singular • he delights • ’ănōkhî {אָנֹכִי | ʾănōkhî}: first person singular pronoun • I • wə’āmar {וְאָמַר | wəʾāmar}: coordinating conjunction + Qal imperfect + third person masculine singular • and he said • ʿal-nap̄šō {עַל־נַפְשׁוֹ | ʿal-nap̄šō}: preposition + noun feminine singular absolute + third person masculine singular suffix • concerning his soul • ʾal-yēdaʿ {אַל־יֵדַע | ʾal-yēdaʿ}: negative particle + Qal jussive + third person masculine singular • let him not know • Yônāṯān {יוֹנָתָן | yōnāṯān}: proper noun + masculine singular • zōṯ {זֹאת | zōṯ}: demonstrative pronoun + feminine singular • this • pen {פֶּן | pen}: particle of fear • lest • yiṯ‘aṣṣēḇ {יִתְעַצֵּב | yiṯˁaṣṣēḇ}: Hitpa‘el imperfect + third person masculine singular • he be distressed • ʿălây {עָלַי | ʿălây}: preposition + first person singular suffix • upon me • wə’ānōkhî {וְאָנֹכִי | wəʾānōkhî}: coordinating conjunction + first person singular pronoun • and I • ḥāy {חַי | ḥāy}: Qal participle + masculine singular • live • kî-kên {כִּי־כֵן | kî-kên}: conjunction + adverb • for so • wə-kên {וְכֵן | wə-kên}: coordinating conjunction + adverb • and so • ’ănî {אֲנִי | ʾănî}: first person singular pronoun • I • bēn-nap̄šî {בֵּין־נַפְשִׁי | bēn-nap̄šî}: preposition + noun feminine singular construct + first person singular suffix • between my soul • û-bēn {וּבֵין | û-bēn}: conjunction + preposition • and between • ham-māweṯ {הַמָּוֶת | ham-māweṯ}: definite article + noun masculine singular • death. |