| 32. Morphological Analysis vaya'an {וַיַּעַן | way-ya-ʿan}: and he answered (consecutive vav + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular of ʿānâ “to answer”) • yehonatan {יְהוֹנָתָן | yə-hō-nā-tān}: Jonathan (proper noun • masculine singular) • et-shaul {אֶת־שָׁאוּל | ʾet-šā-ʾūl}: to Saul (preposition ʾet marking definite direct object + proper noun with maqqef) • aviv {אָבִיו | ʾā-vîw}: his father (noun • masculine singular absolute + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer}: and he said (consecutive vav + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular of ’āmar “to say”) • elav {אֵלָיו | ʾē-lā-yu}: to him (preposition ʾel + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • madua {מַדּוּעַ | mǎd-dû-ʿā}: why (interrogative particle) • yamet {יָמֵת | yā-mêṯ}: he would die (Qal imperfect third person masculine singular of māṯ “to die”) • ha-ish {הָאִישׁ | hā-ʾîš}: the man (definite article + noun • masculine singular absolute) • hazeh {הַזֶּה | haz-zê}: this (demonstrative pronoun • masculine singular) • ma'aseh {מַה־עָשָׂה | mah-ʿā-sāh}: what has he done (interrogative particle mah + Qal perfect third person masculine singular of ʿāsâh “to do”) |