| 3. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַֽיְהִ֖י | vă-yĕ-ḥî}: and it came to pass (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • ballailah {בַּלַּ֣יְלָה | bā-lay-lāh}: in the night (preposition + noun feminine singular absolute with definite article) • hahu {הַה֑וּא | ha-hûʾ}: that (demonstrative pronoun masculine singular with definite article) • vayehi {וַיְהִי֙ | vă-yĕ-ḥî}: and it came to pass (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • devar-eloḥim {דְּבַר־אֱלֹהִ֔ים | dĕ-var ʾĕ-lō-ḥîm}: word of God (noun masculine singular construct + divine title masculine plural with singular meaning) • el-natan {אֶל־נָתָ֖ן | ʾel-nā-ṯān}: to Nathan (preposition + proper noun masculine singular) • lemor {לֵאמֹֽר | lē-ʾā-môr}: saying (infinitive construct) |