| 19. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wā-yo-mer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • Achima‘atz {אֲחִימַעַץ | ’ă-ḥî-mă-‘aṣ}: Ahimaaz (proper noun masculine singular) • ben-tsadok {בֶּן־צָדוֹק | ben-ṣā-dōq}: son of Zadok (noun construct masculine singular) • amar {אָמַר | ’ā-mar}: he said (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • ’ertsana {אֶרְצָה־נָּא | ’er-ṣāh-nā}: let me run • please (Piel cohortative first person singular + particle נָא) • vaavashrah {וַאֲבַשְּׂרָה | wā-’ă-vaš-rāh}: and let me bring news (vav consecutive + Piel cohortative first person masculine singular) • ’et-ha-melekh {אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ | ’eṯ-ha-mé-lekh}: the king (direct object marker + noun common masculine singular with definite article) • ki-shefato {כִּי־שְׁפָטוֹ | kî-še-pha-ṯô}: for/because he has vindicated him (conjunction + Qal perfect third person masculine singular with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name) • miyad {מִיַּד | mî-yad}: from the hand of (preposition + noun feminine singular construct) • oyvav {אֹיְבָיו | ’ô-yə-bāv}: his enemies (noun masculine plural construct with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) |