| 12. Morphological Analysis vayavo {וַיָּבֹ֤א | wayyābōʾ}: and he came (verb • Qal imperfect with vav consecutive • third person masculine singular) • elav {אֵלָיו֙ | ʾēlāyw}: to him (preposition ʾel + pronominal suffix • third person masculine singular) • miktav {מִכְתָּ֔ב | miḵtāv}: letter (noun • masculine singular absolute) • me-elyahu {מֵֽאֵלִיָּ֥הוּ | meʾēlîyyāhû}: from Elijah (preposition min + proper noun • masculine singular) • hanavi {הַנָּבִ֖יא | hannāḇîʾ}: the prophet (definite article + noun • masculine singular absolute) • le'emor {לֵאמֹ֑ר | lêʾmôr}: saying (preposition lamed + Qal infinitive construct) • koh {כֹּ֣ה | kôh}: thus (adverb) • amar {אָמַ֣ר | ʾāmar}: said (verb • Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • Yahweh {יְהוָ֗ה | yəhōwāh}: LORD (divine name • Tetragrammaton) • Elohei {אֱלֹהֵי֙ | ʼĕlōhê}: God of (noun • masculine plural construct) • David {דָּוִ֣יד | dāwîḏ}: David (proper noun • masculine singular) • avikha {אָבִ֔יךָ | ʼāḇîḵā}: your father (noun • masculine singular construct + second person masculine singular suffix) • tachat {תַּ֗חַת | taḥaṯ}: because (preposition used for cause) • asher {אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾašer}: that (relative pronoun) • lo-halachta {לֹֽא־הָלַכְתָּ֙ | lōʾ-hālaḥtā}: you have not walked (negative particle + verb • Qal perfect • second person masculine singular) • be-darkhei {בְּדַרְכֵי֙ | bəḏarḵê}: in the ways of (preposition be + noun • feminine plural construct) • yehoshaphat {יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט | yəhōšāp̄āṭ}: Jehoshaphat (proper noun • masculine singular) • avikha {אָבִ֔יךָ | ʼāḇîḵā}: your father (noun • masculine singular construct + second person masculine singular suffix) • u-be-darkhei {וּבְדַরְכֵ֖י | ûḇəḏarḵê}: and in the ways of (conjunction + preposition be + noun • feminine plural construct) • Asa {אָסָ֥א | ʼāśāʾ}: Asa (proper noun • masculine singular) • melekh-yehudah {מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָֽה | mēleḵ-yəhûḏāh}: king of Judah (noun • masculine singular absolute with genitive construct) |