| 27. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • hatsofeh {הַצֹּפֶה | hattzōp̄eh}: the watchman (definite article + Qal active participle • masculine singular) • eni {אֵנִי | ’ēnî}: I (first person singular independent pronoun) • ro’eh {רֹאֶה | rō’eh}: see (Qal active participle • masculine singular) • et {אֵת | ’ēt}: direct object marker (particle) • merutsat {מְרוּצַת | mərūṣāṯ}: running (Qal active participle • feminine singular • construct state) • harishon {הָרִאשׁוֹן | hārīʼšôn}: the first (adjective • masculine singular • definite) • kimerutsat {כִּמְרוּצַת | kimməruṣāṯ}: like the running (preposition + Qal active participle • feminine singular • construct state) • achimatz {אֲחִימַעַץ | ʼăḥîmaʻaṣ}: Ahimaaz (proper noun • masculine singular) • ben {בֶּן | ben}: son (noun • masculine singular • construct state) • tsadok {צָדוֹק | ṣādōq}: Zadok (proper noun • masculine singular) • vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • hamelekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hammēleḵ}: the king (definite article + noun • masculine singular) • tov {טוֹב | ṭōḇ}: good (adjective • masculine singular) • ish {אִישׁ | ’îš}: man (noun • masculine singular) • tov {טוֹב | ṭōḇ}: good (adjective • masculine singular) • hu {הוּא | hûʼ}: he (third person masculine singular pronoun) • ve’el {וְאֶל | wəʼel}: and to (conjunction + preposition) • besorah {בְּשׂוֹרָה | bəśôrā}: message (noun • feminine singular) • yavo {יָבֹא | yāḇōʼ}: he will come (Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) |