| 1. Morphological Analysis vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | wayyāḇōʾ}: and he came (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • David {דָּוִיד | Dāwīḏ}: David (proper noun • masculine singular) • Nob {נֹב | Nōḇ}: Nob (proper noun • masculine singular) • el-ahimelech {אֶל־אַחִימֶלֶךְ | ʾel-ʾaḥīmeleḵ}: to Ahimelech (preposition + proper noun with maqef) • ha-kohen {הַכֹּהֵן | ha-kōhēn}: the priest (definite article + noun • masculine singular) • vayira {וַיִּירָא | wayyērāʾ}: and he feared (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • achimelech {אֲחִימֶלֶךְ | ʾaḥīmeleḵ}: Ahimelech (proper noun • masculine singular) • be-pigsho {בְּפִגְשׁוֹ | bə-pigšôʾ}: at his meeting (preposition + noun construct + pronominal suffix • third person masculine singular) • vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • lo {לוֹ | lō}: to him (preposition + pronominal suffix • third person masculine singular) • madua {מַדּוּעַ | maddûaʿ}: why (interrogative particle) • atta {אַתָּה | ʾattāh}: you (second person masculine singular pronoun) • levaddekha {לְבַדֶּךָ | lə-ḇaddeḵā}: alone (preposition + noun + pronominal suffix • second person masculine singular) • ve-ein {וְאֵין | wə-ʾên}: and there is not (conjunction + Qal imperfect + negation • third person masculine singular) • immakha {עִמָּךְ | ʿimmākh}: with you (preposition + pronominal suffix • second person masculine singular) • ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš}: man (noun • masculine singular) |