| 1. Morphological Analysis vayavo'u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | wayyāḇōʾû}: and they came (conjunction vav consecutive + verb Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • shnei {שְׁנֵי | šə-nê}: two (numeral masculine dual construct) • hammalakhim {הַמַּלְאָכִים | ham-mal-ʾā-ḵîm}: the angels (noun masculine plural absolute with definite article) • sedomah {סְדֹמָה | sə-ḏō-māh}: to Sodom (proper noun feminine singular with locative he) • ba'erev {בָּעֶרֶב | bā-ʿe-reḇ}: in the evening (preposition + noun masculine singular absolute) • velot {וְלוֹט | wə-lōṭ}: and Lot (conjunction vav + proper noun masculine singular) • yoshev {יֹשֵׁב | yō-šêḇ}: was sitting (Qal participle masculine singular) • besha'ar-sedom {בְּשַׁעַר־סְדֹם | bə-ša-ʿar-sə-ḏōm}: in the gate of Sodom (preposition + noun masculine singular construct + proper noun feminine singular absolute) • vayar-lot {וַיַּרְא־לוֹט | way-yar-lōṭ}: and Lot saw (conjunction vav consecutive + verb Qal imperfect third person masculine singular + proper noun subject) • vayakam {וַיָּקָם | way-yā-qam}: and he arose (conjunction vav consecutive + verb Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • likratam {לִקְרָאתָם | liq-rāʾ-ṯām}: to meet them (preposition + noun feminine singular construct + third person masculine plural pronominal suffix) • vayishtachu {וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ | way-yiš-ta-ḥû}: and they bowed down (conjunction vav consecutive + verb Hitpael imperfect third person masculine plural) • appayim {אַפַּיִם | ʾap-pā-yim}: face (noun dual absolute) • artsah {אָרְצָה | ʾār-ṣāh}: toward the ground (noun feminine singular with directional he) |