| 5. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wā-yō-ʼmer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • David {דָּוִד | dā-wīd}: David (proper noun • masculine singular) • el-Achiel {אֶל־אֲחִיאֵל | ʾel-ʼă-ḥî-ʼēl}: to Achiel (preposition + proper noun • masculine singular) • ha-kohen {הַכֹּהֵן | ha-kō-hên}: the priest (definite article + common noun • masculine singular) • akh {אַךְ | ʼă-ḵ}: truly (particle) • nimna {נִמְנַע | nim-nāʾ}: have been withheld (Niphal perfect third person masculine plural) • me-aleinu {מֵעָלֵינוּ | mē-ʿā-lê-nû}: from us (preposition + first person plural pronominal suffix) • hanashim {הַנָּשִׁים | han-nā-šîm}: the women (definite article + common noun • feminine plural) • ka-asher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka-ʾa-šer}: just as (conjunction) • nimna’u {נִמְנָעוּ | nim-nā-ʾû}: they were withheld (Niphal perfect third person masculine plural) • me-aleinu {מֵעָלֵינוּ | mē-ʿā-lê-nû}: from us (preposition + first person plural pronominal suffix) • behillokhi {בְּהִלּוֹכִי | bə-hil-lō-khî}: at my going out (preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct + first person singular pronominal suffix) • ki {כִּי | kî}: for • because (conjunction) • qadosh {קָדוֹשׁ | qā-dôš}: set apart • consecrated (adjective • masculine singular) • guf {גּוּף | gûf}: body (common noun • masculine singular) • hagevarim {הַגְּבָרִים | ha-geberîm}: the young men (definite article + common noun • masculine plural) • al-hadavar {עַל־הַדָּבָר | ʿal-had-dā-var}: concerning the matter (preposition + definite noun • masculine singular) • hazeh {הַזֶּה | ha-z-zeh}: this (demonstrative pronoun • masculine singular). |