| 17. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | way·yō·mer}: and he said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • Avshalom {אַבְשָׁלוֹם | Av·sha·lôm}: Absalom (proper noun • masculine singular) • el {אֶל | ʾel}: to (preposition) • Chushai {חוּשַׁי | Ḥû·šāy}: Hushai (proper noun • masculine singular) • zeh {זֶה | zeh}: this (demonstrative pronoun • masculine singular) • chasdecha {חַסְדְּךָ | ḥas·de·kha}: your kindness (noun • masculine singular • second person masculine singular suffix • construct) • et {אֶת | ʾet}: direct object marker • re’ekha {רֵעֶךָ | re·ʿe·kha}: your friend (noun • masculine singular • second person masculine singular suffix) • lamah {לָמָּה | lām·māh}: why (interrogative adverb) • lo {לֹא | lōʾ}: not (negative particle) • halakhta {הָלַכְתָּ | hā·lakh·tā}: you went (Qal perfect • second person masculine singular) • et {אֶת | ʾet}: direct object marker • re’ekha {רֵעֶךָ | re·ʿe·kha}: your friend (noun • masculine singular • second person masculine singular suffix) |