| 7. Morphological Analysis vayhi {וַיְהִי | wayhî}: and it was (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • miqqetz {מִקֵּץ | miqqeṣ}: from the end (preposition + noun masculine singular) • arbaʿim {אַרְבָּעִים | arbaʿim}: forty (numeral masculine plural) • shanah {שָׁנָה | shanâ}: year (noun feminine singular absolute) • vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • Avshalom {אַבְשָׁלוֹם | Avshalom}: Absalom (proper noun masculine singular) • ʼel {אֶל | ’el}: to (preposition) • ha-melekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hammeleḵ}: the king (definite article + noun masculine singular) • ʼelkha {אֵלְכָה | ’elkhâ}: let me go (Qal cohortative first person singular) • nā {נָּא | nā}: please (particle of entreaty) • vaʼăšallem {וַאֲשַׁלֵּם | vaʾăšallem}: and let me pay (vav-consecutive Piel cohortative first person singular) • ʼet {אֶת | ’et}: direct object marker (particle) • nidri {נִדְרִי | nidrî}: my vow (noun masculine singular with first person singular suffix) • ʼašer {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer}: which (relative pronoun) • nādaṯî {נָדַרְתִּי | nādaṯî}: I vowed (Qal perfect first person singular) • la-Yahweh {לַיהוָה | laYHWH}: to the LORD (preposition + divine proper noun) • bechebron {בְּחֶבְרוֹן | bəḥeḇrôn}: in Hebron (preposition + proper noun) |