| 21. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōʾmer}: and he said (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • Saul {שָׁאוּל | šāʾûl}: Saul (proper noun • masculine singular) • barukhim {בָּרוּכִים | bārûḵîm}: blessed (Qal passive participle • masculine plural) • atem {אַתֶּם | ʾattēm}: you (independent personal pronoun • second person masculine plural) • la-Yahweh {לַיהוָה | lă-Yahweh}: to the LORD (preposition and proper noun • divine name) • kî {כִּי | kî}: for • because (conjunction) • ḥămaltem {חַמַלְתֶּם | ḥămaltem}: you showed compassion (Qal perfect • second person masculine plural) • ʿālāy {עָלָי | ʿālāy}: on me (preposition with first person singular suffix) |