| 9. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer}: and he said (verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular with vav consecutive) • Elohim {אֱלֹהִים | ʾĕ-lō-hîm}: God (proper noun • masculine plural form with singular meaning) • el {אֶל | ʾel}: to (preposition) • Avraham {אַבְרָהָם | ʾav-rā-hām}: Abraham (proper noun • masculine singular) • veatta {וְאַתָּה | wə-ʾat-tā}: and you (conjunction vav plus independent personal pronoun • second person masculine singular) • et {אֶת | ʾeṯ}: — (direct object marker • untranslatable particle) • beriti {בְּרִיתִי | bə-rî-tî}: my covenant (noun • feminine singular construct with first person common singular pronominal suffix) • tishmor {תִּשְׁמֹר | tiš-mōr}: you shall keep (verb • Qal imperfect • second person masculine singular) • atta {אַתָּה | ʾat-tā}: you (independent personal pronoun • second person masculine singular • emphatic) • vezareka {וְזַרְעֲךָ | wə-zar-ʿă-kā}: and your offspring (conjunction vav plus noun • masculine singular construct with second person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • acharekha {אַחֲרֶיךָ | ʾa-ḥa-rê-kā}: after you (preposition ʾaḥar plus second person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • ledorotam {לְדֹרֹתָם | lə-dō-rō-tām}: for their generations (preposition lə plus noun • masculine plural construct with third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) |