| 3. Morphological Analysis vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | va-ya-vo}: and he came (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • David {דָוִד | da-vid}: David (proper noun masculine singular) • el {אֶל | el}: to (preposition) • beito {בֵּיתוֹ | bei-to}: his house (noun masculine singular construct + third person masculine singular suffix) • Yerushalayim {יְרוּשָׁלִַם | ye-ru-sha-la-yim}: Jerusalem (proper noun feminine singular) • vayikkach {וַיִּקַּח | va-yi-kkakh}: and he took (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • hamelekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ha-me-lekh}: the king (definite article + noun masculine singular) • et {אֵת | et}: direct-object marker • eser-nashim {עֶשֶׂר־נָשִׁים | e-ser-na-shim}: ten women (cardinal numeral + noun feminine plural) • pilagshim {פִּלַגְשִׁים | pi-lag-shim}: concubines (noun feminine plural) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | a-sher}: whom (relative pronoun) • hiniach {הִנִּיחַ | hi-ni-akh}: he had left (Hiphil perfect third person masculine singular) • lishmor {לִשְׁמֹר | lish-mor}: to guard (Infinitive construct Qal) • habayit {הַבַּיִת | ha-ba-yit}: the house (definite article + noun masculine singular) • vayitnem {וַיִּתְּנֵם | va-yit-nem}: and he put them (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular + third person feminine plural suffix) • beit-mishmeret {בֵּית־מִשְׁמֶרֶת | beit-mish-me-ret}: house of custody (noun construct chain) • vayekhalkelem {וַיְכַלְכְּלֵם | va-ye-khal-ke-lem}: and he provided for them (vav-consecutive Piel imperfect third person masculine singular + third person feminine plural suffix) • vaalehem {וַאֲלֵיהֶם | va-a-lei-hem}: and to them (vav + preposition + third person feminine plural suffix) • lo-va {לֹא־בָא | lo-va}: he did not come (negation + Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • vatihenah {וַתִּהְיֶינָה | va-ti-hye-na}: and they became (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person feminine plural) • tzerurot {צְרֻרוֹת | tze-ru-rot}: confined (passive participle feminine plural) • ad-yom {עַד־י֥וֹם | ad-yom}: until the day (preposition + noun masculine singular) • mutan {מֻתָן | mu-tan}: their death (noun masculine singular + third person feminine plural suffix) • almanut {אַלְמְנוּת | al-me-nut}: widowhood (noun feminine singular) • chayyut {חַיּוּת | kha-yut}: living (noun feminine singular construct) |