| 11. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wa-yō-mer}: and he said (vav consecutive • Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • David {דָּוִד | dā-wîd}: David (proper noun • masculine singular) • el {אֶל־ | ʾel-}: to (preposition) • Avishai {אֲבִישַׁי | ʾă-vi-šay}: Abishai (proper noun • masculine singular) • ve’el {וְאֶל־ | wə-ʾel-}: and to (conjunction vav + preposition) • kol {כָּל־ | kol-}: all (noun • masculine singular absolute) • avadav {עֲבָדָיו | ʿă-vā-dā-w}: his servants (noun • masculine plural construct + third person masculine singular suffix) • hinneh {הִנֵּה | hin-nê}: behold (particle of emphasis) • beni {בְּנִי | bə-nî}: my son (noun • masculine singular construct + first person common singular suffix) • asher {אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾă-šer-}: who (relative pronoun) • yatza {יָצָא | yā-ṣā}: came forth (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • mime’ai {מִמְּעַי | mim-me-ʿay}: from my inward parts (preposition + masculine plural construct + first person common singular suffix) • mevakesh {מְבַקֵּשׁ | mə-va-qēš}: seeking (Piel participle masculine singular) • et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ-}: direct object marker • nafshi {נַפְשִׁי | nap-šî}: my soul • my life (noun • feminine singular construct + first person common singular suffix) • ve’af {וְאַף | wə-ʾap}: and also (conjunction vav + adverb) • ki {כִּי־ | kî-}: for • indeed (conjunction) • atah {עַתָּה | ʿa-tāh}: now (adverb) • ben-haymini {בֶּן־הַיְמִינִי | ben-ha-yə-mî-nî}: the son of the Benjamite (construct chain noun) • hanichu {הַנִּיחוּ | han-nī-ḥū}: let alone (Hifil imperative masculine plural) • lo {לוֹ | lō-}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • viyekallel {וִיקַלֵּל | wi-yaq-qā-lel}: and let him curse (vav consecutive • Qal imperfect third person masculine singular jussive) • ki {כִּי | kî}: for • because (conjunction) • amar-lo {אָמַר־לוֹ | ʾā-mar-lō}: said to him (Qal perfect third person masculine singular + preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (divine name • Tetragrammaton • proper noun) |