| 21. Morphological Analysis vehayah {וְהָיָה | wə-hā-yāh}: conjunction vav + verb Qal perfect consecutive third person masculine singular • “and it will be”; bayom {בַּיּוֹם | ba-yôm}: preposition + noun masculine singular absolute • “in the day”; hahu {הַהוּא | ha-hûʾ}: definite article + demonstrative pronoun masculine singular • “that”; e‘eneh {אֶעֱנֶה | ʾe-ʿe-neh}: verb Qal imperfect first person common singular • “I will answer”; neum-Yahweh {נְאֻם-יְהוָה | nə-ʾum-Yə-hō-wāh}: noun masculine singular construct + proper noun divine name • “declares the LORD”; e‘eneh {אֶעֱנֶה | ʾe-ʿe-neh}: verb Qal imperfect first person common singular • “I will answer”; et-hashamayim {אֶת־הַשָּׁמַיִם | ʾet-ha-šā-ma-yim}: direct object marker + noun masculine plural absolute • “the heavens”; vehem {וְהֵם | wə-hêm}: conjunction vav + pronoun third person masculine plural • “and they”; ya‘anu {יַעֲנוּ | ya-ʿă-nû}: verb Qal imperfect third person masculine plural • “they will answer”; et-haaretz {אֶת־הָאָרֶץ | ʾet-hā-ʾā-reṣ}: direct object marker + noun feminine singular absolute • “the earth” |