| 11. Morphological Analysis vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōmerû}: and they said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • avadei {עֲבָדֵי | ʿăvāḏê}: servants of (noun • masculine plural construct) • Akhish {אֲכִישׁ | ʾăḵîš}: Achish (proper noun • masculine singular) • elav {אֵלָיו | ʾêlāyw}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • haze {הֲזֶה | hazzeh}: is this (interrogative pronoun • masculine singular) • David {דָּוִד | Dāwîḏ}: David (proper noun • masculine singular) • melekh {מֶלֶךְ | mêlêḵ}: king (noun • masculine singular) • haaretz {הָאָרֶץ | hāʾāreṣ}: the land (noun • feminine singular with definite article) • halo {הֲלוֹא | hallōʾ}: is not/ is he not (interrogative particle) • zeh {זֶה | zeh}: this (demonstrative pronoun • masculine singular) • hazamer {הַזַּמֵּר | hazzāmer}: the singer/ the one who sings (participle • Qal • masculine singular with definite article) • bemakhalotav {בְּמַחֲלוֹתָיו | bemakhālōṯāyw}: in his dances (preposition + noun • feminine plural construct + third person masculine singular suffix) • lemor {לֵאמֹר | lêʾāmôr}: saying (infinitive construct) • Saul {סָאוּל | Sāʾûl}: Saul (proper noun • masculine singular) • hikkah {הִכָּה | hiqqāh}: has struck (Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • alafav {אֲלָפָיו | ʾalāp̄āyw}: his thousands (noun • masculine plural absolute + third person masculine singular suffix) • vedavid {וְדָוִד | wə-Dāwîḏ}: and David (conjunction + proper noun • masculine singular) • elef {אֶלֶף | ʾēlep̄}: thousands (noun • masculine plural absolute) |