| 1. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִי | wayhî}: and it was (vav consecutive + qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • yamim {יָמִים | yāmîm}: days (noun masculine plural absolute) • rabbim {רַבִּים | rabbîm}: many (adjective masculine plural) • udvar-Yahweh {וּדְבַר־יְהוָה | wəḏəḇar yəhōwāh}: and word of the LORD (vav + noun construct + divine name) • hayah {הָיָה | hāyâ}: was (qal perfect third person masculine singular) • el-Eliyahu {אֶל־אֵלִיָּהוּ | ʾel ʾĕlîyyāhû}: to Elijah (preposition + proper noun) • bashanah {בַּשָּׁנָה | baššānâ}: in the year (preposition + noun + article) • hashlishit {הַשְּׁלִישִׁית | haššəlîšît}: the third (article + ordinal adjective) • lemor {לֵאמֹר | lēmôr}: saying (preposition + infinitive construct) • lekh {לֵךְ | lēk}: go (qal imperative masculine singular) • heraeh {הֵרָאֵה | hērāʾēh}: show yourself (niphal imperative masculine singular) • el-Ahab {אֶל־אַחְאָב | ʾel ʾaḥāḇ}: to Ahab (preposition + proper noun) • vetenah {וְאֶתְּנָה | wəʾetnâh}: and I will give (vav + qal imperfect first person singular) • matar {מָטָר | māṭar}: rain (noun masculine singular absolute) • al-penei {עַל־פְּנֵי | ʿal pᶜənê}: upon the surface of (preposition + construct) • ha-adamah {הָאֲדָמָה | hāʾădāmâ}: the land (article + noun feminine singular absolute) |