| 11. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִי | wa-yə-ḥî}: and it happened (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular of hayah “be”) • midei-vo {מִדֵּי־בּוֹא | min + dēyî bo}: whenever coming (preposition min “from” + bound plural construct + infinitive construct of bo “to come” forming a temporal clause) • ha-melekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ham-melekh}: the king (definite article + noun masculine singular) • beit {בֵּית | bêyt}: house of (noun masculine singular construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (divine name • the Tetragrammaton) • ba’u {בָּאוּ | bā’û}: they came (Qal perfect third person masculine plural) • ha-ratzim {הָרָצִים | hā-rā-ṣîm}: the guards (noun masculine plural with definite article) • u-nesa’um {וּנְשָׂאוּם | wə-nĕ-sā-ʾûm}: and they carried them (vav + Qal perfect third person masculine plural + third person masculine plural object suffix) • ve-heshivum {וֶהֱשִׁיבוּם | wə-hē-šî-bûm}: and they returned them (vav + Hiphil perfect third person masculine plural + third person masculine plural object suffix) • el-ta {אֶל־תָּא | ’el-tā}: to chamber (preposition + noun feminine singular construct) • ha-ratzim {הָרָצִים | hā-rā-ṣîm}: the guards (noun masculine plural with definite article) |