| 27. Morphological Analysis vayhi {וַיְהִי | wə-ye-hî}: and it was (vav consecutive plus Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • batzohorayim {בַֽצָּהֳרַ֜יִם | ba-ṣohō-rā-yim}: at noon (preposition plus noun • masculine dual absolute) • vayehatel {וַיְהַתֵּל | wə-haṯ-têl}: and he mocked (vav consecutive plus Piel imperfect third person masculine singular) • bahem {בָּהֶם | bā-hem}: among them (preposition plus third person masculine plural suffix) • Eliyahu {אֵלִיָּהוּ | ʾê-lî-yā-hû}: Elijah (proper noun masculine singular) • vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wə-yō-mer}: and he said (vav consecutive plus Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • kir’u {קִרְאוּ | qirōʼ}: call (Qal imperative second person masculine plural) • bekol-gadol {בְקוֹל־גָּדוֹל | bə-qōl-ga-dōl}: with a loud voice (preposition plus noun with adjective in construct) • ki-elohim {כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִים | kî-ʾĕlōhîm}: for he is a god (conjunction plus proper noun) • hu {הוּא | hû}: he (third person masculine singular pronoun) • ki {כִּ֣י | kî}: for (conjunction) • siyach {שִׂ֧יחַ | sî-yaḥ}: meditating (noun masculine singular) • veki-sig {וְכִֽי־שִׂיג | wə-kî-sîg}: or for relieving himself (conjunction plus noun) • lo {לוֹ | lô}: for him (preposition plus pronominal suffix) • veki-derekh {וְכִֽי־דֶרֶךְ | wə-kî-ḏe-reḵ}: or for a journey (conjunction plus noun) • lo {לוֹ | lô}: for him (preposition plus pronominal suffix) • ulai {אוּלַי | ʾû-lay}: perhaps (particle) • yashen {יָשֵׁן | yā-šēn}: sleeping (Qal active participle masculine singular) • hu {הוּא | hû}: he (third person masculine singular pronoun) • veyikatz {וְיִקָֽץ | wə-yîqāṣ}: and may he awaken (vav consecutive plus Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) |