| 1. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִי | wāyəhî}: and it happened (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • kishmoa {כִּשְׁמֹעַ | kišmōa‘}: when he heard (preposition ki + Qal infinitive construct masculine singular) • hamelech {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hammeleḵ}: the king (definite article + noun masculine singular absolute) • khizqiyyahu {חִזְקִיָּהוּ | ḥizqîyyāhû}: Hezekiah (proper noun masculine singular) • vayikra {וַיִּקְרַע | wayyiqrā‘}: and he tore (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • et {אֶת־ | ’et}: direct object marker (particle) • begadav {בְּגָדָיו | bĕgādāyv}: his clothes (preposition be + noun masculine plural absolute + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • vayitkas {וַיִּתְכַּס | wayyitkaś}: and he covered himself (vav consecutive + Hitpael imperfect third person masculine singular) • basak {בַּשָּׂק | basāq}: in sackcloth (preposition + noun masculine singular absolute) • vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | wayyāḇō}: and he came (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • beit {בֵּית | bêt}: house of (noun masculine singular construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh}: the LORD (Tetragrammaton • proper noun) |