| 1. Morphological Analysis vayhi {וַיְהִי | way-yiḥî}: and it came to pass (vav consecutive + Qal wayyiqtol verb third person masculine singular) • devar {דְבַר־ | də-ḇar}: word (noun feminine singular construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yəhôwāh}: LORD (proper noun Tetragrammaton) • elai {אֵלַי | ʾê-lay}: to me (preposition + first person singular pronominal suffix) • leʾmor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾmōr}: saying (preposition + infinitive construct) |