| 17. Morphological Analysis vayya‘ăzar-lō {וַיַּֽעֲזָר־לוֹ֙ | wayya‘ăzar-lō}: and he came to help him (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • ’ăvîšay {אֲבִישַׁי | ’ăvîšay}: Abishai (proper noun • masculine singular) • ben {בֶּן | ben}: son (noun • masculine singular construct) • tsərûyāh {צְרוּיָה | tsərûyāh}: Zeruiah (proper noun • feminine singular) • vayyaḵ {וַיַּךְ | wayyaḵ}: and he struck (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • ’et-ha-pəlišṭî {אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי | ’et-ha-pəlišṭî}: the Philistine (direct object marker + noun • masculine singular with definite article) • wayyəmîṯēhû {וַיְמִיתֵהוּ | wayyəmîṯēhû}: and he killed him (vav consecutive + Hiphil imperfect • third person masculine singular + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • ’āz {אָז | ’āz}: then (adverb) • nišbə‘û {נִשְׁבְּעוּ | nišbə‘û}: they swore (Niphal perfect • third person masculine plural) • ’anšê dāwîḏ {אַנְשֵׁי־דָוִד | ’anšê dāwîḏ}: the men of David (noun • masculine plural construct + proper noun) • lō {לוֹ | lō}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • lēmôr {לֵאמֹר | lēmôr}: saying (infinitive construct) • lō-teṣē’ {לֹא־תֵצֵא | lō-teṣē’}: you shall go out (Qal imperfect • second person masculine singular) • ’ōḏ {עוֹד | ’ōḏ}: again (adverb) • ’ittānû {אִתָּנוּ | ’ittānû}: with us (preposition + first person common plural pronominal suffix) • la-milḥāmâ {לַמִּלְחָמָה | la-milḥāmâ}: to the battle (preposition + noun • feminine singular with definite article) • wə-lō {וְלֹא | wə-lō}: and not (conjunction + negation particle) • təḵabbēh {תְּכַבֶּה | təḵabbēh}: you will extinguish (Piel imperfect • second person masculine singular) • ’et {אֶת | ’et}: direct object marker • nēr {נֵר | nēr}: lamp (noun • masculine singular) • Yiśrā’ēl {יִשְׂרָאֵל | Yiśrā’ēl}: Israel (proper noun • masculine singular) |