| 13. Morphological Analysis ule’amasa {וּלְעָמָשָׂא | u-le-ʿā-mā-sā}: and to Amasa (vav conjunction + preposition + proper noun masculine singular); tomar {תֹּאמַר | tō-mar}: you shall say (qal imperfect second person masculine singular); halo {הֲלוֹא | hal-lōʾ}: is it not (interrogative particle); atzmi {עַצְמִי | ʿaṣ-mî}: my bone (noun feminine singular construct + first person singular suffix); uvsari {וּבְשָׂרִי | u-ve-sā-rî}: and my flesh (vav conjunction + noun masculine singular construct + first person singular suffix); atah {אָתָּה | ʾā-ttāh}: you (personal pronoun masculine singular); koh {כֹּה | kō}: thus (adverb); ya’aseh {יַעֲשֶׂה | ya-ʿa-śêh}: may He do (qal imperfect third person masculine singular); li {לִי | lî}: to me (preposition + first person singular suffix); Elohim {אֱלֹהִים | ʾĕ-lō-hîm}: God (proper noun • plural of majesty); vekoh {וְכֹה | ve-kō}: and thus (vav conjunction + adverb); yosif {יוֹסִיף | yō-sîf}: may He add (hiphil imperfect third person masculine singular); im {אִם | im}: if (conditional particle); lo {לֹא | lōʾ}: not (negative particle); atah {אַתָּה | ʾat-tāh}: you (personal pronoun masculine singular); sar-hatsava {שַׂר־הַצָּבָא | sar-ha-ṣā-vāʾ}: commander of the army (noun masculine singular construct + definite article); tachat {תַּחַת | ṭa-ḥaṯ}: in place of (preposition); Yoav {יוֹאָב | Yō-ʾāv}: Joab (proper noun masculine singular); lefanai {לְפָנַי | lə-p̄ā-nāy}: before me (preposition + first person singular suffix); kol-hayamim {כָּל־הַיָּמִים | kol-ha-yā-mîm}: all the days (noun masculine plural construct + definite article). |