| 6. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav consecutive • Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • David {דָּוִד֙ | Dāwīd}: David (proper noun • masculine singular) • el {אֶל־ | ʾel-}: to (preposition with maqef) • Avishai {אֲבִישַׁ֔י | ʾăvīšay}: Abishai (proper noun • masculine singular) • attah {עַתָּ֗ה | ʿattāh}: now (adverb) • yera {יֵ֧רַֽע | yērāʿ}: he will do harm (Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • lanu {לָ֛נוּ | lānû}: to us (preposition with first person plural suffix) • Sheba {שֶׁ֥בַע | šēḇaʿ}: Sheba (proper noun • masculine singular) • ben-Bîḵrî {בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֖י | ben-bîḵrî}: son of Bikhri (noun construct masculine singular + proper noun) • min-Avšālôm {מִן־אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם | min-ʾăvšālôm}: than Absalom (preposition + proper noun) • attah {אַ֠תָּה | ʾattâh}: you (pronoun second person masculine singular) • qaḥ {קַ֞ח | qaḥ}: take (Qal imperative second person masculine singular) • et-ʿavdê {אֶת־עַבְדֵ֤י | ʾet-ʿaḇdê}: the servants of (direct object marker + noun construct masculine plural) • ʾădōnêkā {אֲדֹנֶ֙יךָ֙ | ʾădōnêkā}: your master (noun construct masculine singular + second person masculine singular suffix) • wə-rədōp̄ {וּרְדֹ֣ף | wə-rədōp̄}: and pursue (vav consecutive + Qal imperative second person masculine singular) • ʾaḥărāyw {אַחֲרָ֔יו | ʾaḥărāyw}: after him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • pen-maṣṣāʾ {פֶּן־מָ֥צָא | pen-maṣṣāʾ}: lest he find (negative particle + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • lōw {ל֛וֹ | lōw}: for himself (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • ʿārîm {עָרִ֥ים | ʿārîm}: cities (noun feminine plural absolute) • bəṣûrôṯ {בְּצֻר֖וֹת | bəṣûrôṯ}: fortified cities (noun feminine plural absolute) • wə-ḥiṣṣîl {וְהִצִּ֥יל | wə-ḥiṣṣîl}: and he delivers (vav consecutive + Hiphil perfect third person masculine singular) • ʿēnênû {עֵינֵֽנוּ | ʿēnênû}: our eyes (noun feminine plural + first person plural suffix). |