| 12. Morphological Analysis vayelekh {וַיֵּלֶךְ | wayyēleḵ}: and he went (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • Dāwiḏ {דָּוִד | Dāwiḏ}: David (proper noun masculine singular) • wayyiqqāḥ {וַיִּקַּח | wayyiqqāḥ}: and he took (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • ʾet-ʿaṣmōṯ {אֶת־עַצְמוֹת | ʾet-ʿaṣmōṯ}: direct object marker + noun • feminine plural absolute • Šāʼûl {שָׁאוּל | Šāʼûl}: Saul (proper noun masculine singular) • wə-ʾet-ʿaṣmōṯ {וְאֶת־עַצְמוֹת | wə-ʾet-ʿaṣmōṯ}: and + direct object marker + noun • feminine plural absolute • Yəhōnāṯān {יְהוֹנָתָן | Yəhōnāṯān}: Jonathan (proper noun masculine singular) • bə-nō {בְּנוֹ | bə-nō}: his son (preposition + noun masculine singular construct + third person masculine singular suffix) • mē-ʼēt {מֵאֵת | mē-ʼēt}: from (preposition) • baʿālê {בַּעֲלֵי | baʿālê}: men of (preposition + noun masculine plural construct) • Yāvēš Gilʿāḏ {יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד | Yāvēš Gilʿāḏ}: Jabesh Gilead (proper noun • place) • ʼăšer1 {אֲשֶׁר | ʼăšer}: who (relative pronoun) • gānḇû {גָּנְבוּ | gānḇû}: they stole (Qal perfect third person masculine plural) • ʼōṯām {אֹתָם | ʼōṯām}: them (object pronoun masculine plural) • merḥōḇ {מֵרְחֹב | merḥōḇ}: from the plaza (preposition + noun masculine singular absolute) • bêṯ-šān {בֵּית־שַׁן | bêṯ-šān}: Beth Shan (proper noun • place) • ʼăšer2 {אֲשֶׁר | ʼăšer}: where (relative pronoun) • ṯəlāʼûm {תְּלָאוּם | ṯəlāʼûm}: they hanged them (Piel perfect third person masculine plural with object suffix) • šām {שָׁם | šām}: there (adverb) • plištīm1 {פְּלִשְׁתִּים | plištīm}: Philistines (proper noun masculine plural) • bə-yōm {בְּיוֹם | bə-yōm}: in the day (preposition + noun masculine singular absolute) • hakkōṯ {הַכּוֹת | hakkōṯ}: of striking (Hiphil infinitive construct) • plištīm2 {פְּלִשְׁתִּים | plištīm}: Philistines (proper noun masculine plural) • ʾet-Šāʼûl {אֶת־שָׁאוּל | ʾet-Šāʼûl}: direct object marker + Saul (preposition + proper noun masculine singular) • ba-gilbōʻa {בַּגִּלְבֹּעַ | ba-gilbōʻa}: in Gilboa (preposition + proper noun • place) |