| 20. Morphological Analysis ben-sheloshim {בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים | ben-šəlōšîm}: son of thirty (noun • masculine singular construct • used in an age formula with a numeral) • ushtayim {וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙ | û-štāyim}: and two (conjunction vav + cardinal numeral • feminine) • hayah {הָיָ֣ה | hāyâ}: he was (verb • Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • bemalko {בְמָלְכ֔וֹ | bə-mālkô}: in his reigning (preposition bə + verb • Qal infinitive construct • with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • ushmoneh {וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֣ה | û-šəmōnê}: and eight (conjunction vav + cardinal numeral) • shanim {שָׁנִ֔ים | šānîm}: years (noun • common plural absolute) • malakh {מָלַ֖ךְ | mālaḵ}: he reigned (verb • Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • birushalayim {בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם | bîrûšālayim}: in Jerusalem (preposition bə + proper noun • location) • wayelekh {וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ | wayyēleḵ}: and he went (conjunction vav + vav-consecutive verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • belo {בְּלֹ֣א | bə-lōʾ}: without (preposition bə + negative particle lōʾ • functioning idiomatically) • chemdah {חֶמְדָּ֔ה | ḥemdāh}: desire (noun • feminine singular absolute) • wayyiqberuhu {וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙ | wayyiqberûhû}: and they buried him (conjunction vav + vav-consecutive verb • Qal imperfect • third person common plural • with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • beir {בְּעִ֣יר | bə-ʿîr}: in the city (preposition bə + noun • feminine singular absolute) • dawid {דָּוִ֔יד | dāwîd}: David (proper noun) • velo {וְלֹ֖א | wə-lōʾ}: and not (conjunction vav + negative particle) • beqivrot {בְּקִבְר֥וֹת | bə-qivrōt}: in the graves of (preposition bə + noun • common plural construct) • hamelakhim {הַמְּלָכִֽים | ham-məlāḵîm}: the kings (definite article + noun • masculine plural absolute) |