| 4. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • lo {לוֹ | lô}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • maddua {מַדּ֣וּעַ | Maddûa‘}: why (interrogative adverb) • attah {אַתָּה | ’attāh}: you (second person masculine singular independent pronoun) • kakhah {כָּכָה | kākâh}: thus (demonstrative adverb) • dal {דַּ֤ל | ḏāl}: weak (adjective • masculine singular absolute) • ben {בֶּן־ | ben-}: son of (noun • masculine singular construct) • hamelekh {הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ | hamelek}: the king (definite article + noun • masculine singular absolute) • baboker {בַּבֹּ֣קֶר | babbōqer}: in the morning (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute) • baboker {בַּבֹּ֔קֶר | babbōqer}: in the morning (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute) • halo {הֲל֖וֹא | hălō’}: is it not (interrogative particle) • tagid {תַּגִּ֣יד | taggîḏ}: you will tell (Hiphil imperfect • second person masculine singular) • li {לִ֑י | lī}: to me (preposition + first person common singular suffix) • vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • lo {לוֹ֙ | lô}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • Amnon {אַמְנ֔וֹן | ’Amnōn}: Amnon (proper noun • masculine singular) • et {אֶת־ | ’et}: direct object marker • Tamar {תָּמָ֗ר | Tāmār}: Tamar (proper noun • feminine singular) • achot {אֲחוֹת | ’ăḥôt}: sister (noun • feminine singular construct) • Avshalom {אַבְשָׁלֹם | ’Aḇšālōm}: Absalom (proper noun • masculine singular) • achi {אָחִ֖י | ’āḥî}: my brother (noun • masculine singular construct + first person common singular suffix) • ani {אֲנִ֥י | ’ănî}: I (first person common singular pronoun) • ohev {אֹהֵֽב | ’ōhēḇ}: love (Qal participle • masculine singular) |