| 6. Morphological Analysis vayhi {וַיְהִי | va·ye·hî}: and it happened (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • bevoam {בְּבוֹאָם | bə·vo·’ām}: when they came (preposition bǝ- + infinitive construct of bāʾ with third person masculine plural suffix) • vayar {וַיַּרְא | vay·yar}: and he saw (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • et {אֶת־ | ’et}: direct object marker (particle • untranslatable) • Eliav {אֱלִיאָב | ’ĕ·lî·’āḇ}: Eliab (proper noun • masculine singular) • vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | vay·yō·mer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • akh {אַךְ | ’akh}: surely (particle • strong emphasis) • neged {נֶגֶד | ne·geḏ}: before (preposition) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yahweh}: LORD (Tetragrammaton • divine name) • meshikho {מְשִׁיחוֹ | mə·šî·ḥō}: his anointed one (noun • masculine singular construct with third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) |