| 1. Morphological Analysis vayhi {וַיְהִ֣י | way-hî}: and it was (verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular • prefixed with vav-consecutive marking past narrative) • Avram {אַבְרָ֔ם | ʾaḇ-rām}: Abram (proper noun • masculine singular) • ben {בֶּן | ben}: son (noun • masculine singular construct) • tish'im {תִּשְׁעִ֥ים | tiš-ʿîm}: ninety (numeral • masculine plural) • shanah {שָׁנָ֖ה | šā-nāh}: year (noun • feminine singular absolute) • vetesha {וְתֵ֣שַׁע | wə-tē-šaʿ}: and nine (conjunction vav prefixed to numeral • feminine singular) • shanim {שָׁנִ֑ים | šā-nîm}: years (noun • feminine plural absolute) • vayera {וַיֵּרָ֨א | way-yē-rāʾ}: and appeared (verb • Niphal imperfect • third person masculine singular • prefixed with vav-consecutive indicating divine self-disclosure) • Yahweh {יְהוָ֜ה | Yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name • the Tetragrammaton) • el {אֶל | ʾel}: to (preposition) • Avram {אַבְרָ֗ם | ʾaḇ-rām}: Abram (proper noun • masculine singular) • vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | way-yō-ʾmer}: and he said (verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular • prefixed with vav-consecutive introducing direct speech) • elav {אֵלָיו֙ | ʾê-lāyw}: to him (preposition with pronominal suffix) • ani {אֲנִי | ʾă-nî}: I (independent pronoun • first person singular) • el {אֵ֣ל | ʾēl}: God (noun • masculine singular absolute) • Shaddai {שַׁדַּ֔י | šad-day}: Almighty (divine title • masculine singular) • hithalekh {הִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ | hit-hāl-lēḵ}: walk (verb • Hitpael imperative • masculine singular denoting manner of life) • lefanai {לְפָנַ֖י | lə-fā-nay}: before Me (preposition with pronominal suffix indicating relational presence) • vehyeh {וֶהְיֵ֥ה | we-hyēh}: and be (verb • Qal imperative • masculine singular prefixed with vav linking commands) • tamim {תָמִֽים | tā-mîm}: blameless (adjective • masculine singular absolute indicating completeness) |