| 21. Morphological Analysis vayya’an {וַיַּעַן | wayyaʽăn}: and he answered (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • ʾittay {אִתַּי | ʼittay}: Ittai (proper noun • masculine singular) • ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct object marker (particle) • hammeleḵ {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hammeleḵ}: the king (definite noun • masculine singular) • wayyoʾmar {וַיֹּאמַר | wayyoʾmar}: and he said (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • ḥay {חַי | ḥay}: as lives (construct noun • masculine singular) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • masculine singular) • wəḥē {וְחֵי | wə-ḥē}: and as lives (conjunction + construct noun • masculine singular) • ʼăḏônî {אֲדֹנִי | ʼăḏônî}: my lord (noun • masculine singular construct + first person singular suffix) • hammeleḵ {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hammeleḵ}: the king (definite noun • masculine singular) • kî {כִּי | kî}: for (causal particle) • ʼim {אִם | ʼim}: if (conditional particle) • bimqôm {בִּמְקוֹם | bimqôm}: in place (preposition + noun • masculine singular) • ʼăšêr {אֲשֶׁר | ʼăšêr}: that (relative pronoun) • yihyēh {יִהְיֶה | yihyēh}: he will be (Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • šām {שָּׁם | šām}: there (adverb) • ʼăḏônî {אֲדֹנִי | ʼăḏônî}: my lord (noun • masculine singular construct + first person singular suffix) • hammeleḵ {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hammeleḵ}: the king (definite noun • masculine singular) • ʼim {אִם | ʼim}: if (conditional particle) • le-māweṯ {לְמָוֶת | le-mā-weṯ}: to death (preposition + noun • masculine singular) • ʼim {אִם | ʼim}: if (conditional particle) • lə-ḥayyîm {לְחַיִּים | lə-ḥay-yîm}: to life (preposition + noun • masculine plural) • kî {כִּי | kî}: for (causal particle) • šām {שָׁם | šām}: there (adverb) • yihyēh {יִהְיֶה | yihyēh}: he will be (Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • ʿavdĕḵā {עַבְדֶּךָ | ʿavdĕḵā}: your servant (noun • masculine singular + second person masculine singular suffix) |