| 44. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִ֣י | wayyəhîy}: and it happened (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • bashviit {בַּשְּׁבִעִ֔ית | baš-šēʿīt}: at the seventh (preposition + feminine singular ordinal construct) • vayomer {וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | wayyōʾmer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • hinnēh-ʿāḇ {הִנֵּה־עָ֛ב | hinnēh-ʿāḇ}: behold a cloud (demonstrative particle + noun • masculine singular absolute) • qəṭannāh {קְטַנָּ֥ה | qəṭannāh}: small (adjective • feminine singular absolute) • kə-kap̄-ʾîš {כְּכַף־אִ֖ישׁ | kə-kap̄-ʾîš}: like the palm of a man (preposition + noun construct; feminine singular + noun • masculine singular absolute) • ʿōlāh {עֹלָה | ʿōlāh}: rising (Qal participle • feminine singular) • miyyām {מִיָּ֑ם | miyyām}: from the sea (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute) • vayomer {וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | wayyōʾmer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • ʿălēh {עֲלֵ֨ה | ʿălēh}: go up (Qal imperative • second person masculine singular) • ʾêmōr {אֱמֹר | ʾêmōr}: say (Qal imperative • second person masculine singular) • ʾel-ʾāḥʼāḇ {אֶל־אַחְאָב֙ | ʾel-ʾāḥʼāḇ}: to Ahab (preposition + proper noun) • ʾêsôr {אֱסֹ֣ר | ʾêsôr}: hitch (Qal imperative • second person masculine singular) • wārēḏ {וָרֵ֔ד | wārēḏ}: and go down (vav consecutive + Qal imperative • second person masculine singular) • wə-lōʾ {וְלֹ֥א | wə-lōʾ}: and not (conjunction + negative particle) • yaʿaṣarkā {יַעַצָרְכָ֖ה | yaʿaṣarkā}: will stop you (Qal imperfect + pronominal suffix • third person masculine singular + second person masculine singular) • ha-gāšem {הַגָּֽשֶׁם | ha-gāšem}: the rain (definite article + noun • masculine singular absolute) |