| 21. Morphological Analysis vayiggash {וַיִּגַּ֨שׁ | wayyiḡaš}: and he approached (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • Eliyahu {אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ | ʾĕliyyāhû}: Elijah (proper noun • masculine singular) • el-kol-ha‛am {אֶל־כָּל־הָעָם | ʾel-kōl-hā‛ām}: to all the people (preposition + noun construct chain) • vayyōmer {וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | wayyōmer}: and he said (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • ad-mātay {עַד־מָתַ֞י | ʿad-māṯay}: until when (preposition + interrogative particle) • ʾattēm {אַתֶּ֣ם | ʾattēm}: you (personal pronoun • second person masculine plural) • potschim {פֹּסְחִים֮ | pôṣḥîm}: limping (Qal participle masculine plural) • al-shtei {עַל־שְׁתֵּ֣י | ʿal-štê}: on two (preposition + numeral feminine construct) • hassēʿîpîm {הַסְּעִפִּים | hassǝʿîpîm}: the branches (definite article + noun masculine plural) • ʾim-Yahweh {אִם־יְהוָ֤ה | ʾim-Yahweh}: if the LORD (conditional particle + divine name) • hāʾĕlōhîm {הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ | hāʾĕlōhîm}: the God (definite article + noun masculine plural with singular meaning) • lĕkū {לְכ֣וּ | ləḵû}: go (Qal imperative second person masculine plural) • ʾaḥărāv {אַחֲרָ֔יו | ʾaḥărāv}: after him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • wĕ-ʾim-habbaʿal {וְאִם־הַבַּ֖עַל | wə-ʾim-habbaʿal}: and if Baal (conjunction + conditional particle + proper noun) • lĕkū {לְכ֣וּ | ləḵû}: go (Qal imperative second person masculine plural) • ʾaḥărāv {אַחֲרָ֑יו | ʾaḥărāv}: after him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • wĕ-lō-ʿanû {וְלֹֽא־עָנ֥וּ | wə-lō-ʿanû}: and did not answer (conjunction + negative particle + Qal perfect third person masculine plural) • hā‛ām {הָעָ֛ם | hā‛ām}: the people (definite article + noun masculine singular) • ʾōtô {אֹת֖וֹ | ʾōtô}: him (direct object marker + third person masculine singular suffix) • dāvar {דָּבָֽר | dāvar}: word (noun masculine singular). |