| 1. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִי | way-yə-hî}: and it came to be (vav consecutive + verb • Qal wayyiqtol • third person masculine singular) • devar {דְבַר־ | də-var}: word (noun • masculine singular construct) • Yəhōwāh {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name • the Tetragrammaton • masculine singular) • elay {אֵלַי | ʾê-lay}: to me (preposition + first person singular pronominal suffix) • leʾemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾe-mōr}: to say (verb infinitive construct) |