| 9. Morphological Analysis vayyiqare {וַיִּקָּרֵא | wa-yiqqā-rē}: and it happened (vav-consecutive Nifal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • avshalom {אַבְשָׁלוֹם | ʾav-shā-lōm}: Absalom (proper noun • masculine singular) • lifnei {לִפְנֵי | líf-nê}: before (preposition with construct) • avdei {עַבְדֵי | ʿă-və-dê}: servants of (noun • masculine plural construct) • david {דָּוִד | dā-vīd}: David (proper noun • masculine singular) • ve-avshalom {וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם | wə-ʾav-shā-lōm}: and Absalom (conjunction + proper noun) • rokhev {רֹכֵב | rō-kēv}: riding (Qal active participle • masculine singular) • al {עַל | ʿal}: on (preposition) • pered {פֶּרֶד | pə-red}: mule (noun • masculine singular absolute) • vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | wa-yā-vō}: and he came (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • ha-pered {הַפֶּרֶד | ha-pə-rēd}: the mule (definite article + noun • masculine singular absolute) • tachat {תַּחַת | ta-ḥat}: under (preposition) • shuakh {שׂוּבַךְ | sû-ḇaḵ}: thick branches (noun • masculine singular absolute) • ha-elah {הָאֵלָה | hā-ʾē-lāh}: the oak (definite article + noun • feminine singular absolute) • haggedolah {הַגְּדוֹלָה | ha-ggē-dō-lāh}: the great (definite article + adjective • feminine singular) • vayechezeq {וַיֵּחָזֵק | wa-yē-ḥā-zeq}: and it caught (vav-consecutive Nifal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • rosho {רֹאשׁוֹ | rō-šō}: his head (noun • masculine singular + pronominal suffix) • ba-elah {בָּאֵלָה | bā-ʾē-lāh}: in the oak (preposition + noun • feminine singular absolute) • vayyutan {וַיֻּתַּן | wa-yu-ṭṭān}: and he was left (vav-consecutive Hofal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • bein {בֵּין | bēn}: between (preposition) • ha-shamayim {הַשָּׁמַיִם | ha-šā-ma-yim}: the heavens (definite article + noun • masculine plural absolute) • u-bein {וּבֵין | ū-bēn}: and between (conjunction + preposition) • ha-aretz {הָאָרֶץ | hā-ʾā-reṣ}: the earth (definite article + noun • feminine singular absolute) • ve-ha-pered {וְהַפֶּרֶד | wə-ha-pə-rēd}: and the mule (conjunction + definite article + noun • masculine singular absolute) • asher-tahtav {אֲשֶׁר-תַּחְתָיו | ʾă-šer ta-ḥa-tāw}: which was under him (relative particle + prepositional suffix) • avar {עָבָר | ʿā-vār}: passed on (Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) |