| 20. Morphological Analysis vayavoʾu {וַיָּבֹאוּ | vayyāwōʾū}: and they came (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • avdei {עַבְדֵי | ʿavdē}: servants of (noun • masculine plural construct) • Avshalom {אַבְשָׁלוֹם | ʾăbšālōm}: Absalom (proper noun • masculine singular) • ʾel- {אֶל־ | ʾel}: to (preposition) • ha-ʾishšāh {הָאִשָּׁה | hāʾiššāh}: the woman (noun • feminine singular with definite article) • habbaytāh {הַבַּיְתָה | habbaytāh}: to the house (noun • feminine singular with definite article + directional he) • vayyōmerū {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | vayyōmerū}: and they said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • ʾayyēh {אַיֵּה | ʾayyēh}: where? (interrogative pronoun) • ʾachimʿaṣ {אֲחִימַעַץ | ʾaḥimaʿaṣ}: Ahimaaz (proper noun • masculine singular) • viyhōnāṯān {וִיהוֹנָתָן | wiyhōnāṯān}: and Jonathan (vav + proper noun • masculine singular) • vattōmer {וַתֹּאמֶר | vattōmer}: and she said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person feminine singular) • lāhem {לָהֶם | lāhem}: to them (preposition + third person masculine plural suffix) • hāʾiššāh {הָאִשָּׁה | hāʾiššāh}: the woman (noun • feminine singular with definite article) • ʿavrū {עָבְרוּ | ʿavrū}: they crossed over (Qal perfect • third person masculine plural) • mikkal {מִיכַל | mikkal}: across (preposition) • hammāyim {הַמָּיִם | hammāyim}: the waters (noun • masculine plural with definite article) • vayyivqašū {וַיְבַקְשׁוּ | vayyivqašū}: and they sought (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • wə-lōʾ {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ}: and not (conjunction + negative particle) • māṣāʾū {מָצָאוּ | māṣāʾū}: they found (Qal perfect • third person masculine plural) • vayyāšūvū {וַיָּשֻׁבוּ | vayyāšūvū}: and they returned (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural) • yerušālāyim {יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם | yerušālāyim}: Jerusalem (proper noun • feminine singular absolute) |