| 25. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִי | wə·yĕ·hî}: and it happened (vav consecutive + qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • kîbā {כִּי־בָא | kî·bā}: when he came (conjunction + qal perfect • third person masculine singular) • yerushalayim {יְרוּשָׁלִַם | Yə·rû·šā·layim}: Jerusalem (proper noun • city name) • liq·rā·ṯ {לִקְרַאת | liq·rā·ṯ}: to meet (preposition + infinitive construct • feminine singular) • ham·mē·leḵ {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ham·mē·leḵ}: the king (definite article + noun • masculine singular) • way·yō·mer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way·yō·mer}: and he said (vav consecutive + qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • lō {לוֹ | lō}: to him (preposition + third person masculine singular suffix) • ham·mē·leḵ {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ham·mē·leḵ}: the king (definite article + noun • masculine singular) • lā·māh {לָמָּה | lā·māh}: why (interrogative adverb) • lō·hā·lakh·tā {לֹא־הָלַכְתָּ | lō·hā·lakh·tā}: did you not go (negation particle + qal perfect • second person masculine singular) • ʿim·mî {עִמִּי | ʿim·mî}: with me (preposition + first person singular suffix) • mə·p̄î·bō·šêṯ {מְפִיבֹשֶׁת | mə·p̄î·bō·šêṯ}: Mephibosheth (proper noun) |