| 2. Morphological Analysis vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַח | vayyišlāḥ}: and he sent (vav consecutive + qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • yoav {יוֹאָב | yōʼāḇ}: Joab (proper noun masculine singular) • teqoah {תְּקוֹעָה | tə-qōʿā}: Tekoa (proper noun place name feminine singular) • vayikkach {וַיִּקַּח | vayyiqqāḥ}: and he took (vav consecutive + qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • misham {מִשָּׁם | miššām}: from there (preposition min + adverb sham) • ishah {אִשָּׁה | ʾiššāh}: woman (noun feminine singular absolute) • chachamah {חֲכָמָה | ḥăḵāmāh}: wise woman (adjective feminine singular absolute) • vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | vay-yō-ʼeḏ}: and he said (vav consecutive + qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • eleha {אֵלֶיהָ | ʾê-lē-hā}: to her (preposition el + third person feminine singular suffix) • hit’abli-na {הִתְאַבְּלִי־נָא | hiṯʾabbəlî-nā}: mourn • please (hitpael imperative second person feminine singular + particle nā) • velivshi-na {וְלִבְשִׁי־נָא | wə-libbəšî-nā}: and clothe yourself • please (waw conjunction + qal imperative second person feminine singular + particle nā) • bigdei-evel {בִּגְדֵי־אֵבֶל | bigdê ʼēḇel}: garments of mourning (noun masculine plural construct + noun masculine singular absolute) • ve’al {וְאַל־ | wə-ʾal}: and do not (waw conjunction + negative particle ’al) • tasukhi {תָּסוּכִי | tā-sūḵî}: anoint yourself (qal imperfect second person feminine singular) • shemen {שֶׁמֶן | šemen}: oil (noun masculine singular absolute) • vehayit {וְהָיִית | wə-hā-yît}: and be (waw conjunction + qal perfect second person feminine singular) • ke’ishah {כְּאִשָּׁה | kə-ʼiššāh}: like a woman (preposition kə + noun feminine singular absolute) • zeh {זֶה | zēh}: this (demonstrative pronoun masculine singular) • yamim {יָמִים | yāmîm}: days (noun masculine plural absolute) • rabbim {רַבִּים | rab-bîm}: many (adjective masculine plural absolute) • mit’abbelet {מִתְאַבֵּלֶת | mitʼabbēleṯ}: mourning (hitpael participle feminine singular absolute) • al-met {עַל־מֵת | ʿal-mēt}: for the dead (preposition ʿal + noun masculine singular absolute) |