| 2. Morphological Analysis vayəhî {וַיְהִי | wa-yĕ-hî}: and it happened/became (vav consecutive + verb • Qal wayyiqtol • third person masculine singular) • dĕ-bār {דְבַר | dĕ-bār}: word/message (noun • masculine singular construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name • masculine singular) • ʾē-lay {אֵלַי | ʾē-lay}: to me (preposition + first person common singular pronominal suffix) • lē-môr {לֵאמֹר | lē-môr}: saying/to say (preposition + Qal infinitive construct) |