| 8. Morphological Analysis vayhi {וַיְהִי | wa-yə-hî}: and it happened (vav-consecutive + verb • Qal wayyiqtol • third person masculine singular) • devar {דְבַר־ | də-var}: word (noun • masculine singular construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָ֖ה | Yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name • the Tetragrammaton) • elai {אֵלַי | ʾê-lay}: to me (preposition + first person singular pronominal suffix) • lemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-mōr}: saying (infinitive construct • Qal • introducing direct speech) |