| 1. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wa-yō-mer}: and he said (vav consecutive + verb • Qal wayyiqtol • third person masculine singular) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name • the tetragrammaton) • elai {אֵלַי | ʾē-lai}: to me (preposition + first person common singular pronominal suffix) • im-ya’amod {אִם־יַעֲמֹד | ʾim-ya-ʿă-mō-ḏ}: if he should stand (conditional particle + verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • Mosheh {מֹשֶׁה | mō-šeh}: Moses (proper noun) • ushemu’el {וּשְׁמוּאֵל | ū-šə-mū-ʾēl}: and Samuel (conjunction + proper noun) • lefanai {לְפָנַי | lə-pā-nai}: before me (preposition + first person common singular pronominal suffix) • ein {אֵין | ʾên}: there is not (particle of nonexistence) • nafshi {נַפְשִׁי | naf-šī}: my soul (noun • feminine singular construct + first person common singular pronominal suffix) • el-ha’am {אֶל־הָעָם | ʾel-hā-ʿām}: toward the people (preposition + noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) • hazzeh {הַזֶּה | ha-z-zēh}: this (demonstrative adjective • masculine singular) • shalach {שַׁלַּח | šal-laḥ}: send (verb • Qal imperative • second person masculine singular) • me-al-pnai {מֵעַל־פָּנַי | mē-ʿal-pā-nai}: from upon my face (preposition + noun with first person common singular pronominal suffix) • veyetze’u {וְיֵצֵאוּ | wə-yē-ṣē-ʾū}: and let them go out (conjunction + verb • Qal imperfect • third person masculine plural • cohortative). |