| 3. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִי | wa-yə-hî}: and it happened (vav consecutive + qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • bishmoneh {בִּשְׁמֹנֶה | bi-šmo-ne}: in eight (preposition + numeral feminine singular) • esreh {עֶשְׂרֵה | ʿes-re}: ten (numeral feminine singular) • shanah {שָׁנָה | šā-nâ}: year (noun feminine singular absolute) • lamelekh {לַמֶּלֶךְ | la-me-leḵ}: to the king (preposition + noun masculine singular definite) • yoshiyahu {יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ | yo-šî-ya-hû}: Josiah (proper noun masculine singular) • shalach {שָׁלַח | šā-la-ḥ}: he sent (verb qal perfect third person masculine singular) • hamelech {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ha-me-leḵ}: the king (noun masculine singular definite) • et-shaphan {אֶת־שָׁפָן | ʾet-ša-pān}: direct-object marker + Shaphan (particle + proper noun) • ben-atzalyahu {בֶּן־אֲצַלְיָהוּ | ben-ʾa-ṣal-ya-hû}: son of Azaliah (construct chain) • ben-meshullam {בֶן־מְשֻׁלָּם | ben-me-šul-lam}: son of Meshullam (construct chain) • hasopher {הַסֹּפֵר | ha-ṣô-per}: the scribe (noun masculine singular definite) • beit {בֵּית | beyt}: house of (noun masculine singular construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | yəhô-wâh}: LORD (divine name proper noun) • lemor {לֵאמֹר | le-ʾamôr}: to say (infinitive construct) |