| 4. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | wayyōʾmer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • Avshalom {אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם | ʾăv-šā-lōm}: Absalom (proper noun • masculine singular) • mi-yesimeni {מִי־יְשִׂמֵ֥נִי | mî-yə-śî-mê-nî}: who would appoint me (interrogative pronoun + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular with first person singular object suffix) • shofet {שֹׁפֵ֖ט | šōp̄ēṭ}: judge (participle • masculine singular) • ba‘aretz {בָּאָ֑רֶץ | bā-ʾāreṣ}: in the land (preposition + definite article + noun • feminine singular) • ve-‘alāy {וְעָלַ֗י | wə-ʿalāy}: and to me (conjunction + preposition + first person singular pronominal suffix) • yāḇōʾ {יָב֛וֹא | yāḇōʾ}: would come (Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • kol-ʾîš {כָּל־אִ֛ישׁ | kol-ʾîš}: every man (quantifier + noun • masculine singular in construct) • ašer-yihyêh-lō-rîḇ {אֲשֶֽׁר־יִהְיֶה־לּוֹ־רִ֥יב | ʾăšer-yihyêh-lō-rîḇ}: who would have a dispute (relative pronoun + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular + preposition + pronominal suffix + noun • masculine singular) • û-miš-pāṭ {וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט | û-miš-pāṭ}: and a case (conjunction + noun • masculine singular) • wə-hiṣ-daqqtîw {וְהִצְדַּקְתִּֽיו | wə-hiṣ-daqqtîw}: and I would justify him (conjunction + Hifil perfect first person singular with third person masculine singular object suffix). |