| 7. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִ֛י | wayehî}: and it happened (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • mikkêṣ {מִקֵּ֥ץ | mikkêṣ}: after • end of (preposition • masculine singular construct noun) • yāmîm {יָמִ֖ים | yāmîm}: days (noun • masculine plural absolute) • wayyibāš {וַיִּיבַשׁ | wayyibāš}: and it dried up (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • hannāḥal {הַנָּ֑חַל | hannāḥal}: the brook (definite article • noun • masculine singular absolute) • kî {כִּ֛י | kî}: because • for (conjunction) • lō-hāyâ {לֹֽא־הָיָ֥ה | lō-hāyâ}: there was not (negative particle • Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • gešêm {גֶ֖שֶׁם | gešêm}: rain (noun • masculine singular absolute) • bā-ʾāreṣ {בָּאָֽרֶץ | bā-ʾāreṣ}: in the land (preposition • noun • feminine singular absolute • definite article) |