| 32. Morphological Analysis vayaan {וַיַּעַן | wə-yā-‘an}: and he answered (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • Yonadav {יוֹנָדָב | yō-nā-ḏāḇ}: Jonadab (proper noun masculine singular) • ben {בֶּן | bən}: son (noun masculine singular construct) • Shim‘ah {שִׁמְעָה | Šim-‘ā}: Shimeah (proper noun masculine singular) • achi {אֲחִי | ’ă-ḥî}: brother of (noun masculine singular construct) • David {דָוִד | Dā-wîḏ}: David (proper noun masculine singular) • vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wə-yō-me-r}: and he said (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • al {אַל | ’al}: do not (negative particle) • yomar {יֹאמַר | yō-mar}: let him say (Qal imperfect third person masculine singular jussive) • adoni {אֲדֹנִי | ’ă-ḏō-nî}: my lord (noun masculine singular construct with first person singular suffix) • et {אֵת | ’ēt}: direct object marker • kol {כָּל | kol}: all (noun masculine singular absolute) • hanearim {הַנְּעָרִים | han-ne-’ă-rîm}: the young men (noun masculine plural absolute with definite article) • benei {בְּנֵי | bĕ-nê}: sons of (noun masculine plural construct) • hamelekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ham-mé-leḵ}: the king (noun masculine singular with definite article) • hemitu {הֵמִיתוּ | hē-mî-tu}: they have killed (Hiphil perfect third person masculine plural) • ki {כִּי | kî}: for • because (conjunction) • Amnon {אַמְנוֹן | ’am-nôn}: Amnon (proper noun masculine singular) • levaddo {לְבַדּוֹ | lə-ḇad-dô}: alone • by himself (preposition + noun masculine singular with pronominal suffix) • met {מֵת | mêṯ}: is dead (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • ki {כִּי | kî}: for • because (conjunction) • al-pi {עַל־פִּי | ’al-pî}: according to • by the mouth of (preposition + noun masculine singular construct) • Avshalom {אַבְשָׁלוֹם | ’av-ša-lôm}: Absalom (proper noun masculine singular) • hayetah {הָיְתָה | hā-yə-ṯāh}: it was (Qal perfect third person feminine singular) • sumah {שׂוּמָה | sû-māh}: determination • plan (passive participle feminine singular absolute) • miyom {מִיּוֹם | mi-yôm}: from the day (preposition + noun masculine singular absolute) • annoto {עַנֹּתוֹ | ’an-nô-ṯô}: his afflicting (Piel infinitive construct with third person masculine singular suffix) • et {אֵת | ’ēt}: direct object marker • Tamar {תָּמָר | ṯā-mār}: Tamar (proper noun feminine singular) • achoto {אֲחֹתוֹ | ’a-ḥō-ṯô}: his sister (noun feminine singular construct with pronominal suffix) |