| 25. Morphological Analysis ve’et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet}: and + direct object marker (conjunction waw + et marking definite direct object) • amasa {עֲמָשָׂא | ʿă-mā-śāʾ}: Amasa (proper noun • masculine singular) • sam {שָׂם | śām}: he placed (verb • Qal perfect tense • third person masculine singular) • avshalom {אַבְשָׁלֹם | ʾăḇ-šā-lōm}: Absalom (proper noun • masculine singular) • tachat {תַּחַת | ṯā-ḥat}: under; instead of (preposition) • yoav {יוֹאָב | yō-ʾāḇ}: Joab (proper noun • masculine singular) • al {עַל־ | ʿal}: over; upon (preposition) • hatzava {הַצָּבָא | ha-ṣā-ḇāʾ}: the army (noun • masculine singular • definite) • va’amasa {וַעֲמָשָׂא | wa-ʿă-mā-śāʾ}: and Amasa (conjunctive waw + proper noun • masculine singular) • ben-ish {בֶן־אִישׁ | ben-ʾîš}: son of a man (noun construct • masculine singular + noun absolute • masculine singular) • u-shmo {וּשְׁמוֹ | u-šə-mōʾ}: and his name (conjunctive waw + noun absolute • masculine singular + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • yitra {יִתְרָא | yiṯ-rāʾ}: Yithra (proper noun • masculine singular) • ha-yisre’eli {הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִי | ha-yiś-rə-ʾē-lî}: the Israelite (adjective • masculine singular • definite) • asher-ba {אֲשֶׁר־בָּא | ʾă-šer-bāʾ}: who came (relative pronoun + verb • Qal perfect tense • third person masculine singular) • el-avigal {אֶל־אֲבִיגַ֣ל | ʾel-ʾă-ḇî-ḡal}: to Abigail (preposition + proper noun • feminine singular) • bat-nachash {בַּת־נָחָשׁ | bat-nā-ḥāš}: daughter of Nahash (noun construct • feminine singular + proper noun • masculine singular) • achot {אֲחוֹת | ʾă-ḥōṯ}: sister of (noun • feminine singular) • tseruyah {צְרוּיָ֖ה | ṣə-rû-yāh}: Zeruiah (proper noun • feminine singular) • em {אֵם | ʾēm}: mother of (noun • feminine singular) • yoav {יוֹאָֽב | yō-ʾāḇ}: Joab (proper noun • masculine singular) |