| 1. Morphological Analysis vayhi {וַיְהִי֙ | way-ḥî}: and it came to pass (vav consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • acharei-ken {אַחֲרֵי־כֵן | ʾaḥă-rêy-ken}: after this (preposition + demonstrative adverb) • vayamat {וַיָּ֕מָת | way-yā-mat}: and he died (vav consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • Nahash {נָחָשׁ | Nāḥāsh}: Nahash (proper noun • masculine singular) • melech {מֶ֣לֶךְ | me-leḵ}: king (noun • masculine singular absolute) • benei-Ammon {בְּנֵי־עַמּ֑וֹן | bə-nê-ʿam-môn}: of the sons of Ammon (preposition + noun masculine plural construct + proper noun masculine singular) • vayimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | way-yim-lōḵ}: and he reigned (vav consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • beno {בְּנ֖וֹ | bə-nô}: his son (preposition + noun masculine singular construct with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • tachtav {תַּחְתָּֽיו | taḥ-tāw}: in his place (preposition + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) |