| 9. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַֽיְהִ֞י | wayhî}: and it was (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect + third person masculine singular) • bashanah {בַּשָּׁנָ֤ה | baššānâ}: in the year (preposition + feminine singular noun + definite article) • harevi’it {הָֽרְבִיעִית֙ | har̆bî‘îyth}: the fourth (feminine singular ordinal + definite article) • lamelekh {לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | lamelek}: to the king (preposition + masculine singular noun + definite article) • chizkiyahu {חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ | ḥizqîyyāhû}: Hezekiah (proper noun • masculine singular) • hi {הִיא | hîʾ}: it (third person feminine singular pronoun) • hashanah {הַשָּׁנָ֣ה | haššānâ}: the year (feminine singular noun + definite article) • hashvi’it {הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ית | haššê‘îyth}: the seventh (feminine singular ordinal + definite article) • lehoshea {לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ | ləhôšēa‘}: for Hoshea (preposition + proper noun • masculine singular) • ben-elah {בֶּן־אֵלָ֖ה | ben-’ēlâ}: son of Elah (construct chain) • melekh yisrael {מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | melek yiśrā’ēl}: king of Israel (construct chain) • alah {עָלָ֞ה | ‘ālā}: went up (Qal perfect + third person masculine singular) • shalmaneser {שַׁלְמַנְאֶ֧סֶר | šalmanʾeśer}: Shalmaneser (proper noun • masculine singular) • melekh-ashur {מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֛וּר | melek-’āšûr}: king of Assyria (construct chain) • al-shomron {עַל־שֹׁמְר֖וֹן | ‘al-šōmrôn}: against Samaria (preposition + proper noun) • vayatzar {וַיָּ֥צַר | wayyaṣṣēr}: and he besieged (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect + third person masculine singular) • aleha {עָלֶֽיהָ | ‘āleha}: against it (preposition + third person feminine singular pronominal suffix) |