| 2. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִי | va-yĭhî}: and it happened (waw consecutive + Qal imperfect + third person masculine singular) • bashanah {בַּשָּׁנָה | bə-šā-nāh}: in the year (preposition + definite article + noun feminine singular) • hachamishit {הַֽחֲמִישִׁית | ha-ḥă-mî-šît}: the fifth (definite article + ordinal adjective feminine singular) • lammelekh {לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | la-mê-leḵ}: to the king (preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular) • Rechav‘am {רְחַבְעָם | rê-ḥă-ḇā-ʿam}: Rehoboam (proper noun masculine singular) • alah {עָלָה | ʿā-lāh}: went up (Qal perfect + third person masculine singular) • Shishak {שִׁישַׁק | šî-šăq}: Shishak (proper noun masculine singular) • melekh-mitsrayim {מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרָיִם | mê-leḵ-miṣ-rā-yim}: king of Egypt (noun masculine singular construct + noun feminine plural) • al-yerushalayim {עַל־יְרוּשָׁלָיִם | ʿal-yĕ-rû-ša-lā-yim}: against Jerusalem (preposition + proper noun feminine singular) • ki {כִּי | kî}: because (conjunction) • ma‘alu {מָעֲלוּ | mā-‘ă-lû}: they acted unfaithfully (Qal perfect + third person masculine plural) • b’Yahweh {בַּיהוָה | bə-Yə-hō-wāh}: against the LORD (preposition + Tetragrammaton) |