| 1. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִי | wa-yə-hî}: and it came to pass (vav consecutive + Qal wayyiqtol third person masculine singular) • devar {דְבַר־ | də-var}: word (noun • masculine singular construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name) • elai {אֵלַי | ʾê-lay}: to me (preposition + first person singular suffix) • leʾemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾe-môr}: saying (Qal infinitive construct of amar) |