| 5. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִי | wa-ye-hî}: and it happened (vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • kaʾasher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka-ʾă-šer}: when (conjunction) • chazkah {חָזְקָה | ḥā-zə-qāh}: it was strong (Qal perfect third person feminine singular) • hamamlakhah {הַמַּמְלָכָה | ham-mǎl-lā-kāh}: the kingdom (noun feminine singular with definite article) • beyado {בְּיָדוֹ | bə-yā-dô}: in his hand (preposition + noun with third person masculine singular suffix) • vayyakh {וַיַּךְ | way-yaḵ}: and he struck (vav-consecutive Hiphil imperfect third person masculine singular) • et-avadav {אֶת־עֲבָדָיו | ʾet-ʿā-vā-ḏāw}: his servants (direct object marker + noun masculine plural with third person masculine singular suffix) • hamakkim {הַמַּכִּים | ham-maḵ-kîm}: the ones striking (Hiphil participle masculine plural with definite article) • et-hamelech {אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ | ʾet-ham-mé-leḵ}: the king (direct object marker + noun masculine singular with definite article) • aviv {אָבִיו | ʾā-vîw}: his father (noun masculine singular with third person masculine singular suffix) |