| 1. Morphological Analysis vayifqod {וַיִּפְקֹד | va-yip-qōd}: and he mustered (vav consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • David {דָּוִד | dā-wîḏ}: proper noun • masculine singular • et {אֶת־ | ʾet}: direct object marker (particle) • haʿam {הָעָם | hā-ʿām}: the people (definite article + noun • masculine singular absolute) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer}: who • that (relative pronoun) • ito {אִתּוֹ | ʾit-tô}: with him (preposition + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • vayasem {וַיָּשֶׂם | va-yā-sem}: and he appointed (vav consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • aleihem {עֲלֵיהֶם | ʿă-lê-hem}: over them (preposition + third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) • sarei {שָׂרֵי | sā-rê}: commanders of (noun • masculine plural construct) • alafim {אֲלָפִים | ʾă-lā-pîm}: thousands (noun • masculine plural absolute) • vesarei {וְשָׂרֵי | wə-sā-rê}: and commanders of (conjunction + noun • masculine plural construct) • meot {מֵאוֹת | mê-ʾōṯ}: hundreds (noun • feminine plural absolute) |