| 6. Morphological Analysis vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | wayyā-ḇōʾ}: and he came (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • chushai {חוּשַׁי | ḥû-šay}: Hushai (proper noun masculine singular) • el {אֶל־ | ʾel}: to (preposition with maqqef) • avshalom {אַבְשָׁלוֹם | av-šā-lōm}: Absalom (proper noun masculine singular) • vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyō-mer}: and he said (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • avshalom {אַבְשָׁלוֹם | av-šā-lōm}: Absalom (proper noun masculine singular) • elav {אֵלָיו | ʾē-lāyw}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • lemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾō-mar}: saying (infinitive construct) • kadavar {כַּדָּבָר | ka-ḏā-ḇar}: as this word (preposition + noun masculine singular) • hazeh {הַזֶּה | ha-zeh}: this (demonstrative masculine singular) • diber {דִּבֶּר | dib-bēr}: he spoke (Piel perfect third person masculine singular) • achitophel {אֲחִיתֹפֶל | ʾă-ḥî-ṭō-p̄el}: Ahithophel (proper noun masculine singular) • hana'aseh {הֲנַעֲשֶׂה | han-nā-ʿă-śeh}: shall we do (interrogative particle + Qal imperfect first person plural) • et {אֶת | ʾet}: definite direct object marker • devaro {דְּבָרוֹ | də-ḇār-ō}: his word (noun masculine singular construct + third person masculine singular suffix) • im-ayin {אִם־אַיִן | ʾim-ʾayin}: if not (conditional particle + negative particle) • attah {אַתָּה | ʾăt-tāh}: you (second person masculine singular pronoun) • dabber {דַבֵּר | dab-bēr}: speak (Piel imperative masculine singular) |