| 12. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | vā-yō-mər}: and he said (vav-consecutive plus qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • ha-ish {הָאִישׁ | hā-ʾîš}: the man (noun masculine singular with definite article) • el {אֶל | ʾel}: to (preposition) • Yoav {יוֹאָב | Yō-ʼāḇ}: Joab (proper noun masculine singular) • ve-lu {וְלוּ | we-lû}: and-even-if (conjunction plus concessive particle) • anokhi {אָנֹכִי | ʾă-nō-ḵî}: I (first person singular independent pronoun) • shoqel {שֹׁקֵל | šō-qēl}: weighing (qal participle masculine singular) • al {עַל | ʿal}: upon (preposition) • kappay {כַּפַּי | kappāy}: my palms (dual construct noun with first person singular suffix) • elef {אֶלֶף | ʾē-lep̄}: a thousand (numeral) • keseph {כֶּסֶף | ke-sep̄}: silver (noun masculine singular) • lo {לֹא | lōʼ}: not (negative particle) • eshlakh {אֶשְׁלַח | ʾĕš-lā-ḥ}: I would send (qal imperfect first person singular) • yadi {יָדִי | yā-dî}: my hand (noun feminine singular construct with first person singular suffix) • ben {בֶּן | ben}: son (noun masculine singular construct) • ha-melekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ham-mē-leḵ}: the king (noun masculine singular with definite article) • ki {כִּי | kî}: for (conjunction of cause) • be-ozneinu {בְּאָזְנֵינוּ | bə-ʾōz-nê-nû}: in our ears (preposition plus noun feminine plural construct with first person plural suffix) • tsiwah {צִוָּה | ṣîw-wāh}: he commanded (qal perfect third person masculine singular) • otkha {אֹתְךָ | ʾōṯ-ḵā}: you (second person masculine singular suffix with direct object marker) • ve-et {וְאֶת | we-ʾeṯ}: and (conjunction with direct object marker) • Abishai {אֲבִישַׁי | ʾă-ḇî-šay}: Abishai (proper noun masculine singular) • ve-et {וְאֶת | we-ʾeṯ}: and (conjunction with direct object marker) • Ittai {אִתַּי | ʾit-tay}: Ittai (proper noun masculine singular) • leimor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾe-mōr}: saying (infinitive construct) • shimru {שִׁמְרוּ | šim-rû}: guard (qal imperative second person masculine plural) • mi-yeled {מִיַּלֶּד | mî-yal-lēḏ}: the young man (noun masculine singular absolute) • al {עַל | ʿal}: over (preposition) • Avshalom {אַבְשָׁלוֹם | ʾăv-šā-lōm}: Absalom (proper noun masculine singular). |