| 3. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way·yō·mer}: and he said (vav consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • David {דָּוִד | dā·wîḏ}: David (proper noun • masculine singular) • el {אֶל | ʾel}: to (preposition) • ha-givonim {הַגִּבְעֹנִים | ha·giv·ʿō·nîm}: the Gibeonites (proper noun • masculine plural with definite article) • mah {מָה | māh}: what (interrogative pronoun) • eeseh {אֶעֱשֶׂה | ʾe·(ʿ)a·šeh}: I shall do (Qal imperfect first person singular) • lachem {לָכֶם | lā·khem}: for you (preposition + second person masculine plural) • uvamah {וּבַמָּה | ū·va·māh}: and with what (conjunction + preposition + interrogative pronoun) • akhaper {אֲכַפֵּר | ă·kap·per}: I shall atone (Piel imperfect first person singular) • uvarkhu {וּבָרְכוּ | ū·var·khu}: and they shall bless (Piel imperfect third person masculine plural) • et {אֶת | ʾēṯ}: direct object marker (particle) • nachalat {נַחֲלַת | na·ḥa·lāt}: inheritance (noun • feminine singular construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yə·hō·wāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name) |