| 4. Morphological Analysis vayechal {וַיְחַ֥ל | way·ḥal}: and he sought favor (vav-consecutive • Piel imperfect • third person masculine singular) • Yeho'ahaz {יְהוֹאָחָ֖ז | yə-hō-’ā-ḥaz}: Jehoahaz (proper noun • masculine singular) • ’et {אֶת־ | ’et}: direct-object marker (untranslated) • pə-nê {פְּנֵ֣י | pə-nê}: face (noun • masculine plural construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָ֑ה | yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (Tetragrammaton divine name • proper noun) • wayyishma‘ {וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע | way-yiš-ma‘}: and He listened (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • ’ēlāyw {אֵלָיו֙ | ē-lāyw}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • Yahweh {יְהוָ֔ה | yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (Tetragrammaton divine name • proper noun) • kî {כִּ֤י | kî}: for/because (conjunction) • rā’â {רָאָה֙ | rā-’â}: He saw (Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • ’et {אֶת־ | ’et}: direct-object marker (untranslated) • la-ḥaṣ {לַ֣חַץ | la-ḥaṣ}: oppression (noun • masculine singular absolute) • yi-srā-’ēl {יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yi-srā-’ēl}: Israel (proper noun • masculine singular) • kî-la-ḥaṣ {כִּֽי־לָחַ֥ץ | kî-la-ḥaṣ}: for he pressed (Qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • ’ō-ṭām {אֹתָ֖ם | ō-ṭām}: them (direct-object marker + third person masculine plural suffix) • me-lĕḵ {מֶ֥לֶךְ | me-lĕḵ}: king (noun • masculine singular absolute) • ā-rām {אֲרָֽם | ā-rām}: Aram (proper noun • masculine singular) |