| 2. Morphological Analysis wayyiqra {וַיִּקְרָא | wayyiqrā}: and he called (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • hamelekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hammélekh}: the king (noun masculine singular with definite article) • lagivonim {לַגִּבְעֹנִים | lagivʿōnîm}: to the Gibeonites (preposition + noun masculine plural) • wayyomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • aleyhem {אֲלֵיהֶם | ʾăleyhem}: to them (preposition + third person masculine plural suffix) • vehaggivonim {וְהַגִּבְעֹנִים | wə-haggivʿōnîm}: and the Gibeonites (conjunction + definite article + noun masculine plural) • lo {לֹא | lōʾ}: not (negative particle) • mibnei-yisrael {מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | mibbenê yiśrāʾēl}: from the sons of Israel (preposition + construct plural noun + proper noun) • hemmah {הֵמָּה | hêmmah}: they (third person masculine plural pronoun) • ki {כִּי | kî}: for/but (conjunction) • im-miyter {אִם־מִיֶּתֶר | ʾim-miyyéter}: except from the remnant (conditional particle + noun masculine singular) • ha’emori {הָאֱמֹרִי | ha’emōrî}: the Amorites (definite article + collective singular noun) • uvbenei-yisrael {וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ūv-benei yiśrāʾēl}: and the sons of Israel (conjunction + preposition + construct plural noun + proper noun) • nishbeu {נִשְׁבְּעוּ | nishbēʿû}: they swore (Niphal perfect third person masculine plural) • lahem {לָהֶם | lāhem}: to them (preposition + third person masculine plural suffix) • wayyivakesh {וַיְבַקֵּשׁ | wayyivakkēš}: and he sought (vav consecutive + Piel imperfect third person masculine singular) • shaul {שָׁאוּל | šāʾûl}: Saul (proper noun masculine singular) • lehakotam {לְהַכֹּתָם | lehakkōtem}: to strike them (preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct + third person masculine plural suffix) • beqanato {בְּקַנֹּאתוֹ | bəqanʿātô}: in his zeal (preposition + noun feminine singular in construct + third person masculine singular suffix) • libnei-yisrael {לִבְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל | libbenê yiśrāʾēl}: for the sons of Israel (preposition + construct plural noun + proper noun) • veyhuda {וִיהוּדָה | wiyyəhûdāh}: and Judah (conjunction + proper noun). |