| 28. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִי | wăy’hi}: and it came to be (vav consecutive + qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • devar {דְּבַר | də·ḇar}: word (noun masculine singular absolute) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | yəhōwāh}: LORD (divine name • proper noun masculine singular) • el {אֶל | ʾel}: to (preposition) • Eliyahu {אֵלִיָּהוּ | ʾêlîyāhû}: Elijah (proper noun masculine singular) • hatishbi {הַתִּשְׁבִּי | haṯ·tîš·bî}: the Tishbite (noun masculine singular with definite article) • le’emor {לֵאמֹר | lē·ʾā·môr}: saying (preposition lamed + qal infinitive construct) |