| 27. Morphological Analysis vaya'an {וַיַּעַן | way-yaʿan}: and he answered (conjunction vav consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • Avraham {אַבְרָהָם | ʾaḇ-rā-hām}: Abraham (proper noun • masculine singular) • vayomar {וַיֹּאמַר | way-yō-mar}: and he said (conjunction vav consecutive + verb • Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • hinneh-na {הִנֵּה־נָא | hin-nēh-nāʾ}: behold now • please (interjection + particle of entreaty) • ho'alti {הוֹאַלְתִּי | hō-ʾal-tî}: I have taken upon myself (verb • Hiphil perfect first person common singular) • ledabber {לְדַבֵּר | lə-dab-bēr}: to speak (verb • Piel infinitive construct) • el-adonai {אֶל־אֲדֹנָי | ʾel-ʾă-ḏō-nāy}: to the Lord (preposition + proper noun • divine title • masculine plural form with singular meaning) • ve'anokhi {וְאָנֹכִי | wə-ʾā-nō-kî}: and I (conjunction vav + independent personal pronoun • first person common singular) • afar {עָפָר | ʿā-p̄ār}: dust (noun • masculine singular absolute) • va'efer {וָאֵפֶר | wā-ʾē-p̄er}: and ashes (conjunction vav + noun • masculine singular absolute) |