| 8. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wa-yō-mer}: and he said (vav-consecutive; Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • David {דָּוִד | dā-wīd}: David (proper noun; masculine singular) • el {אֶל־ | ʾêl}: to (preposition indeclinable) • Ahimelech {אַחִימֶלֶךְ | ʾa-ḥî-me-leḵ}: Ahimelech (proper noun; masculine singular) • halo {הֲלֹא | ha·lōʾ}: is there not (interrogative particle) • yesh {יֵשׁ | yēš}: there is (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • lekha {לְךָ | le-ḵā}: to you (preposition + second person masculine singular suffix) • chanit {חָנִית | ḥā-nîṯ}: spear (noun; feminine singular absolute) • ve {וְ | wə-}: and (conjunction) • kherev {חֶרֶב | ḥe-reḇ}: sword (noun; feminine singular absolute) • va’ani {וַאֲנִי | wa-ʾăn-î}: and I (vav-consecutive + pronoun first person singular) • khaser {חָסֵר | ḥā-sēr}: lacking (adjective; masculine singular) • lo {לֹא | lōʾ}: not (negative particle) • hibbeti {הִבֵּאתִי | hib-bē-ʾ-tî}: I brought (Qal perfect first person singular) • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct object marker (particle) • kherbi {חֶרְבִּי | ḥer-bî}: my sword (noun; feminine singular absolute + first person masculine singular suffix) • ve {וְ | wə-}: and (conjunction) • neshqata {נְשׁקָתִי | nĕ-shā-qā-tî}: my weapons (noun; feminine singular absolute + first person singular suffix) • ki {כִּי | kî}: because (conjunction) • maalat {מַעֲלַת | ma‛ă-lāt}: matter (noun; feminine singular construct) • hamelekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ham-me-leḵ}: the king (noun; masculine singular + definite article) • middhapeht {מִדַּחֶפֶת | mid-dá-ḥe-phet}: pressing necessity (noun; feminine singular absolute) |