| 18. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wayyōʾmer}: and he said (vav-consecutive • Qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • lo {לוֹ֙ | lō}: to him (preposition plus third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • malʾakh {מַלְאַ֣ךְ | malʾāḵ}: messenger (noun • masculine singular absolute) • Yahweh {יְהוָ֔ה | Yəhôwâ}: LORD (Tetragrammaton • proper noun) • lamah {לָ֥מָּה | lām māh}: why (interrogative particle) • zeh {זֶּ֖ה | zeh}: this (demonstrative pronoun • masculine singular) • tishʾal {תִּשְׁאַ֣ל | ṯišʾāl}: do you ask (Qal imperfect • second person masculine singular) • lishmî {לִשְׁמִ֑י | lišmî}: for my name (preposition plus noun construct plus first person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • wəhūʾ {וְהוּא־ | wəhūʾ}: and it (conjunction plus third person masculine singular pronoun) • pelʾāy {פֶ֛לִאי | pelʾāy}: wonderful • incomprehensible (adjective • masculine singular) |