| 4. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִי | wa-yə-hî}: and it happened (vav consecutive + qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • behachrit {בְּהַכְרִית | bə-hakh-rît}: in cutting off (preposition + hiphil infinitive construct of karat “to cut off • destroy”) • izevel {אִיזֶבֶל | i-ze-vel}: Jezebel (proper noun feminine singular) • et {אֵת | ʾêth}: direct object marker • nevi’ei {נְבִיאֵי | nə-vi-ʾê}: prophets of (noun masculine plural construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun divine name) • vayikach {וַיִּקַּח | wa-yik-kaḥ}: and he took (vav consecutive + qal imperfect third person masculine singular of lakach “to take”) • ovadyahu {עֹבַדְיָהוּ | ʿō-vad-yā-hû}: Obadiah (proper noun masculine singular) • meah {מֵאָה | mē-ʾāh}: one hundred (numeral feminine singular) • neviim {נְבִיאִים | nə-vi-ʾîm}: prophets (noun masculine plural absolute) • vayachbiem {וַיַּחְבִּיאֵם | wa-yach-bi-ʾêm}: and he hid them (vav consecutive + hiphil imperfect third person masculine singular + third person masculine plural suffix of ḥ-b-ʾ “to hide”) • chamishim {חֲמִשִּׁים | ḥa-mish-shîm}: fifty (numeral masculine plural) • ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš}: man (noun masculine singular) • bamearah {בַּמְּעָרָה | ba-me-ʿā-rāh}: in the cave (preposition + noun feminine singular with definite article) • vekhelkelam {וְכִלְכָּלָם | wə-khil-ke-lām}: and he provided them (vav conjunction + piel imperfect third person masculine singular + third person masculine plural suffix of k-l-k-l “to provide • sustain”) • lechem {לֶחֶם | le-ḥem}: bread (noun masculine singular) • vamayim {וָמָיִם | wa-mā-yim}: and water (vav conjunction + noun masculine plural) |