| 1. Morphological Analysis vayhi {וַיְהִ֥י | wa-yhî}: and it happened (conjunction vav consecutive + verb • Qal stem • preterite (wayyiqtol) • third person masculine singular) • devar-Yahweh {דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה | dəḇar-yə-hō-wāh}: word of the LORD (noun • masculine singular construct + proper noun • divine name (Tetragrammaton) • forming a construct chain) • elay {אֵלַ֥י | ʾê-lay}: to me (preposition ʾel + first person common singular pronominal suffix) • lemor {לֵאמֹֽר | lē-mōr}: to say (preposition lamed + verb • Qal stem infinitive construct of ʾamar • functioning as a quotative introducer) |