| 22. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | vayyōmer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • David {דָּוִד | Dā-wîḏ}: David (proper noun masculine singular) • mah-li {מַה־לִּי | mah-lî}: what to me (interrogative pronoun + preposition lamed + first person singular suffix) • u-le-KHEM {וּלְכֶם | wə-le-ḵem}: and to you (conjunction + preposition lamed + second person masculine plural suffix) • bnei {בְּנֵי | bə-nē}: sons of (noun masculine plural construct) • Tseruyah {צְרוּיָה | ṣə-rū-yāh}: Zeruiah (proper noun feminine singular) • ki-tihyū-lî {כִּי־תִהְיוּ־לִּי | kî-tih-yū-lî}: that you may become to me (conjunction + Qal imperfect second person masculine plural + preposition lamed + first person singular suffix) • lə-sāṭān {לְשָׂטָן | lə-sā-ṭān}: for adversary (preposition + noun masculine singular absolute) • ha-yôm {הַיּוֹם | ha-yôm}: today (definite article + noun masculine singular absolute) • hă-yō-māt {הֲיוֹמַת | hă-yō-māt}: shall be put to death (interrogative he + Niphal imperfect third person masculine singular jussive) • ’îš {אִישׁ | ’îš}: man (noun masculine singular absolute) • bə-Yiśrā-’ēl {בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-yis-rā-’ēl}: in Israel (preposition + proper noun masculine singular) • kî {כִּי | kî}: for/because (conjunction) • hă-lō’ {הֲלוֹא | hă-lō’}: is it not? (interrogative particle + negative) • yā-da-tî {יָדַעְתִּי | yā-ḏa-tî}: I have known (Qal perfect first person singular) • kî {כִּי | kî}: that (conjunction) • ha-yôm {הַיּוֹם | ha-yôm}: today (definite article + noun masculine singular absolute) • ’ănî {אֲנִי | ’ănî}: I (pronoun first person singular) • mē-leḵ {מֶלֶךְ | mē-leḵ}: king (noun masculine singular absolute) • ’al-Yiśrā-’ēl {עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל | ’al-yis-rā-’ēl}: over Israel (preposition + proper noun masculine singular) |