| 8. Morphological Analysis vayakam {וַיָּקָם | vayyāqām}: and he arose (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect • third-person masculine singular) • hamelekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hamméleḵ}: the king (definite article + noun • masculine singular) • vayeshev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | vayyēšēḇ}: and he sat (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect • third-person masculine singular) • bashaar {בַּשָּׁעַר | basšāʿar}: in the gate (preposition bet + noun • masculine singular with definite article) • u-lekhol-ha-am {וּלְכָל־הָעָם | wə-lə-ḵol-hā-ʿām}: and to all the people (conjunction + preposition + noun + maqqef + noun) • higidu {הִגִּידוּ | higgīḏū}: they told (Hiphil perfect • third-person common plural) • le-’emor {לֵאמֹר | lēʾmôr}: saying (preposition + Qal infinitive construct) • hinneh {הִנֵּה | hinnēh}: behold (interjection/demonstrative particle) • hamelekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hamméleḵ}: the king (definite article + noun • masculine singular) • yoshev {יוֹשֵׁב | yōšēḇ}: is sitting (Qal participle • masculine singular) • bashaar {בַּשָּׁעַר | basšāʿar}: in the gate (preposition bet + noun • masculine singular with definite article) • vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | vayyāḇō}: and came (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect • third-person masculine singular) • kol-ha-am {כָּל־הָעָם | kol-hā-ʿām}: all the people (numeral + noun with definite article) • lifne {לִפְנֵי | lifnê}: before (preposition + noun in construct) • hamelekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hamméleḵ}: the king (definite article + noun • masculine singular) • ve-yisra’el {וְיִשְׂרָאֵל | wə-yisrāʾēl}: and Israel (conjunction + proper noun) • nas {נָס | nās}: had fled (Qal perfect • third-person masculine singular) • ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš}: each man (noun • masculine singular) • le-ohalav {לְאֹהָלָיו | lə-ʼōhālāw}: to his tents (preposition + noun plural construct + third-person masculine singular suffix) |