| 14. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • David {דָּוִד | dāwîḏ}: David (proper noun masculine singular) • lekhol {לְכָל | lə-kōl}: to all (preposition + noun masculine singular) • avadav {עֲבָדָיו | ‘ă-ḇā-ḏāw}: his servants (noun masculine plural with third person masculine singular suffix) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer}: who (relative pronoun) • itto {אִתּוֹ | ’it-tô}: with him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • birushalayim {בִירוּשָׁלַיִם | bî-rū-šā-la-yim}: in Jerusalem (preposition + proper noun feminine singular) • kumu {קוּמוּ | kū-mū}: arise (Qal imperative masculine plural) • venivrachah {וְנִבְרָחָה | wə-nib-rā-ḥā}: and let us flee (vav consecutive Niphal imperfect first person plural cohortative) • ki {כִּי | kî}: for/because (conjunction) • lo {לֹא | lō}: not (negation particle) • tihyeh {תִהְיֶה | tiḥ-yêh}: there will be (Qal imperfect third person feminine singular) • lanu {לָנוּ | lā-nū}: for us (preposition + first person plural suffix) • peleitah {פְּלֵיטָה | pel-lê-ṭā}: escape (noun feminine singular) • mipnei {מִפְּנֵי | mip-pə-nê}: from before (preposition + noun in construct) • avshalom {אַבְשָׁלוֹם | ’av-šā-lōm}: Absalom (proper noun masculine singular) • maharu {מַהֲרוּ | ma-hă-rū}: hurry (Qal imperative masculine plural) • lalekhet {לָלֶכֶת | lā-le-ḵet}: to go (preposition + Qal infinitive construct) • pen {פֶּן | pen}: lest (conjunction of caution) • yemaher {יְמַהֵר | yə-ma-hêr}: he will hasten (Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • vehisiganu {וְהִשִּׂיגָנוּ | wə-hi-ssî-gā-nū}: and overtake us (vav + Hifil imperfect third person masculine singular + first person plural suffix) • vehidi’ach {וְהִדִּיחַ | wə-hid-dî-aḥ}: and cause to bring (vav + Hifil perfect third person masculine singular) • aleinu {עָלֵינוּ | ‘ā-ley-nū}: upon us (preposition + first person plural suffix) • ethara’ah {אֶת־הָרָעָה | ’et-hā-rā-‘āh}: the disaster (direct object marker + noun feminine singular with definite article) • vehikah {וְהִכָּה | wə-hiq-qā}: and he will strike (vav + Hifil perfect third person masculine singular) • ha’ir {הָעִיר | hā-’îr}: the city (noun feminine singular definite) • lefi-charev {לְפִי־חָרֶב | lə-p̄î-ḥā-reḇ}: with the edge of the sword (preposition + construct phrase). |