| 1. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִי | va-ye-hî}: and it was (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect verb third person masculine singular) • me’acharei {מֵאַחֲרֵי | mê-ʾa-ḥarê}: after (preposition min + plural construct state) • ken {כֵן | kēn}: thus (adverb) • vayya’as {וַיַּעַשׂ | way-yaʿăś}: and he made (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect verb third person masculine singular) • lo {לוֹ | lōw}: for himself (preposition + pronominal suffix third person masculine singular) • Avshalom {אַבְשָׁלוֹם | av-šā-lōm}: Absalom (proper noun masculine singular) • merkavah {מֶרְכָּבָה | mer-kā-vāh}: chariot (noun feminine singular absolute) • vesusim {וְסֻסִים | wə-sû-sîm}: and horses (conjunction vav + noun masculine plural absolute) • vachamishim {וַחֲמִשִּׁים | wa-ḥă-mî-šîm}: and fifty (conjunction vav + cardinal number masculine plural) • ish {אִישׁ | īš}: man (noun masculine singular absolute • collective meaning men) • ratzim {רָצִים | rā-ṣîm}: runners (participle Qal active masculine plural functioning as noun) • lefanav {לְפָנָיו | lə-pā-nāw}: before him (preposition + pronominal suffix third person masculine singular) |