| 10. Morphological Analysis vayhi {וַֽיְהִי֙ | way·hî}: and it came to pass (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • dvar-Yahweh {דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה | də·war–yĕ·hō·wāh}: word of the LORD (noun masculine singular absolute + divine name Yahweh indicated via maqaf) • el-shmuel {אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל | ʾel–šə·mû·ʾēl}: to Samuel (preposition + proper noun masculine singular) • leemor {לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lê·ʾā·môr}: saying (Qal infinitive construct of the verb amar) |