| 5. Morphological Analysis vayetzav {וַיְצַו | wayyəṣṣāw}: and he commanded (vav-consecutive + Piel imperfect • third person masculine singular) • hamelek {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ha-meleḵ}: the king (noun • masculine singular with definite article) • et-yoav {אֶת־יוֹאָב | ’et-yo’āḇ}: Joab (direct-object marker + proper noun • masculine singular) • ve-et-avishai {וְאֶת־אֲבִישַׁי | wə-’et-’ăḇî-šāy}: and Abishai (conjunction + direct-object marker + proper noun • masculine singular) • ve-et-ittai {וְאֶת־אִתַּי | wə-’et-’iṭṭay}: and Ittai (conjunction + direct-object marker + proper noun • masculine singular) • lemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-’emor}: to say (infinitive construct) • le-at {לְאַט | lə-’ăṭ}: gently • softly (preposition + adverb) • li {לִי | lī}: for me (preposition + first person singular pronoun) • lana’ar {לַנַּעַר | la-na-’ar}: to the young man (preposition + noun • masculine singular with definite article) • le-Avshalom {לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם | lə-’ăḇ-šā-lōm}: to Absalom (preposition + proper noun • masculine singular) • ve-kol {וְכָל | wə-ḵōl}: and all (conjunction + noun • masculine singular) • ha-am {הָעָם | hā-‘ām}: the people (noun • masculine singular with definite article) • shamu {שָׁמְעוּ | šā-mə-‘û}: they heard (Qal perfect • third person masculine plural) • be-tsavvot {בְּצַוּוֹת | bə-ṣăwwôt}: in commanding (preposition + Piel infinitive construct with third person masculine singular suffix) • hamelek {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ha-meleḵ}: the king (noun • masculine singular with definite article) • et {אֵת | ’et}: direct-object marker • kol {כָּל | ḵōl}: all (noun • masculine singular) • ha-sarim {הַשָּׂרִים | ha-śārîm}: the commanders (noun • masculine plural with definite article) • al-devar {עַל־דְּבַר | ʿal-də-ḇar}: concerning (preposition + noun • masculine singular construct) • Avshalom {אַבְשָׁלוֹם | ’ăḇ-šā-lōm}: Absalom (proper noun • masculine singular). |