| 1. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִי | wə-yə-hî}: and it came to pass (conjunctive vav + Qal wayyiqtol verb • third person masculine singular) • devar {דְבַר־ | dĕ-var}: word (noun • masculine singular construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name • the Tetragrammaton) • elai {אֵלַי | ʾē-lay}: to me (preposition + first person singular pronominal suffix) • lemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-mōr}: saying (infinitive construct functioning as quotation introducer) |