| 15. Morphological Analysis vatehi-od {וַתְּהִי־עוֹד | vaṯ-te-hî-ʿōḏ}: and it happened again (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person feminine singular + adverb) • milchamah {מִלְחָמָה | mil-ḥā-māh}: battle (noun • feminine singular absolute) • la-pelishtim {לַּפְלִשְׁתִּים | la-pə-lîš-tîm}: to the Philistines (preposition + noun • masculine plural with definite article) • et-yisra’el {אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾēt-yiś-rā-ʾēl}: direct object marker + Israel (particle + proper noun • masculine singular) • vayyēred {וַיֵּרֶד | way-yā-reḏ}: and he went down (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • dāwīḏ {דָּוִד | dā-wîḏ}: David (proper noun • masculine singular) • va-avadav {וַעֲבָדָיו | wa-ʿă-vā-ḏāw}: and his servants (vav + noun • masculine plural with third person masculine singular suffix) • immo {עִמּוֹ | ʿim-mō}: with him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • vayillachamu {וַיִלָּחֲמוּ | vay-il-lā-ḥă-mû}: and they fought (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • et-pelishtim {אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּים | ʾēt-pə-lîš-tîm}: direct object marker + Philistines (particle + proper noun • masculine plural) • vaya‘af {וַיָּעַף | way-yā-ʿăp̄}: and he grew weary (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • dāwīḏ {דָּוִד | dā-wîḏ}: David (proper noun • masculine singular) |