| 29. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōʾmer}: and he said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • ha-melekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hammélekh}: the king (definite article + noun • masculine singular) • ha-shalom {הֲשָׁלוֹם | hashālôm}: “Is it well” (interrogative particle he + noun • masculine singular absolute) • la-naar {לַנַּעַר | la-na‛ar}: to the young man (preposition + definite article + noun • masculine singular) • le-Avshalom {לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם | le-Avšālôm}: to Absalom (preposition + proper noun • masculine singular) • vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōʾmer}: and he said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • Achimaatz {אֲחִימַעַץ | ’Aḥīmaʽaṣ}: Ahimaaz (proper noun • masculine singular) • raiti {רָאִיתִי | rāʾītî}: I saw (Qal perfect • first person singular) • hamon {הֲמֹון | hamôn}: crowd (noun • masculine singular) • ha-gadol {הַגָּדוֹל | ha-gāḏôl}: great (definite article + adjective • masculine singular) • bishloach {בִּשְׁלֹחַ | bišlōaḥ}: when sending (preposition + infinitive construct) • Yoav {יוֹאָב | Yōʾāḇ}: Joab (proper noun • masculine singular) • et {אֶת | ’et}: direct object marker • eved {עֶבֶד | ʿeḇeḏ}: servant (noun • masculine singular) • ha-melekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hammélekh}: the king (definite article + noun • masculine singular) • wə {וְ | wə}: and (conjunction) • et-avdekha {אֶת־עַבְדֶּךָ | ’et-ʿaḇdêḵā}: your servant (direct object marker + noun with second person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • wə-lo {וְלֹא | wə-lō}: and not (conjunction + negative particle) • yadati {יָדַעְתִּי | yāḏa‘tî}: I knew (Qal perfect • first person singular) • mah {מָה | māh}: what (interrogative pronoun) |