| 4. Morphological Analysis vayya‘as {וַיַּ֧עַשׂ | wayya‘ăś}: and he did (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • ha-ra‘ {הָרַ֛ע | hā-rā‘}: the evil (noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) • be-‘eynei {בְּעֵינֵ֥י | bə-‘êy-nê}: in the eyes of (preposition be + noun • feminine plural construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָ֖ה | Yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name • masculine singular) • ke-beit {כְּבֵ֣ית | kə-ḇêyt}: like the house of (preposition ke + noun • masculine singular construct) • Aḥ’av {אַחְאָ֑ב | ’aḥʼ-āḇ}: Ahab (proper noun • masculine singular) • ki {כִּי־ | kî}: for • because (conjunction) • hemmāh {הֵ֜מָּה | hêm-māh}: they (independent personal pronoun • masculine plural) • hayu-lo {הָֽיוּ־ל֣וֹ | hā-yū’-lô}: were for him (Qal perfect • third person masculine plural + preposition lamed with third person masculine singular suffix) • yo‘atzim {יוֹעֲצִ֗ים | yô-‘ă-ṣîm}: counselors (noun • masculine plural absolute) • acharei {אַחֲרֵ֛י | ’a-ḥă-rê}: after (preposition) • mot {מוֹת | mōṯ}: death (noun • masculine singular construct) • aviv {אָבִ֖יו | ’ā-vîw}: his father (noun • masculine singular construct + third person masculine singular suffix) • le-mashḥit {לְמַשְׁחִ֥ית | lə-maš-ḥîṯ}: for destruction (preposition lamed + noun • masculine singular infinitive construct) • lo {לֽוֹ | lô}: to him (preposition lamed + third person masculine singular suffix) |