| 8. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | va-yō-mer}: and he said (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • khilkiyahu {חִלְקִיָּהוּ | ḥil-qī-yā-hû}: Hilkiah (proper noun • masculine singular) • hakohen {הַכֹּהֵן | ha-kō-hên}: the priest (definite article + noun • masculine singular absolute) • hagadol {הַגָּדוֹל | ha-gā-dōl}: the high (definite article + adjective • masculine singular absolute) • al-shaphan {עַל־שָׁפָן | ʿal-šāphān}: to Shaphan (prepositional phrase with maqqef) • hasofer {הַסֹּפֵר | ha-ssô-p̄er}: the scribe (definite article + participle • masculine singular) • sefer {סֵפֶר | sê-per}: scroll (noun • masculine singular absolute) • hatorah {הַתּוֹרָה | ha-tō-rāh}: the law (definite article + noun • feminine singular absolute) • matzati {מָצָאתִי | mā-ṣā-ʾtî}: I have found (Qal perfect • first person singular) • bebeit {בְּבֵית | bə-bêyt}: in the house (preposition + noun • masculine singular construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh}: LORD (divine name • proper noun) • vayiten {וַיִּתֵּן | va-yit-ten}: and he gave (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • khilkiyah {חִלְקִיָּה | ḥil-qī-yā}: Hilkiah (proper noun • masculine singular) • et-ha-sefer {אֶת־הַסֵּפֶר | ʾet-ha-sê-per}: the scroll (direct object marker + definite article + noun • masculine singular) • el-shaphan {אֶל־שָׁפָן | ʾel-šāphān}: to Shaphan (preposition + proper noun • masculine singular) • vayikra’ehu {וַיִּקְרָאֵהוּ | va-yik-rā-ʾê-hû}: and he read it (vav consecutive + Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular + suffix third person masculine singular) |