| 1. Morphological Analysis vayehi {וַיְהִי}: and it happened (qal imperfect third person masculine singular with vav consecutive) • bayyamim {בַּיָּמִים}: in the days (preposition בְּ + noun masculine plural absolute with definite article) • hahem {הָהֵם}: those (demonstrative pronoun • masculine plural with definite article) • umelekh {וּמֶלֶךְ}: and a king (conjunction vav + noun masculine singular absolute) • ein {אֵין}: there was no (particle of nonexistence) • beyisrael {בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל}: in Israel (preposition בְּ + proper noun) • vayehi {וַיְהִי}: and it happened (qal imperfect third person masculine singular with vav consecutive) • ish {אִישׁ}: a man (noun • masculine singular absolute) • levi {לֵוִי}: a Levite (proper noun indicating tribal affiliation) • gar {גָּר}: sojourning (qal participle • masculine singular absolute) • beyarketei {בְּיַרְכְּתֵי}: in the outskirts (preposition בְּ + noun feminine plural construct) • har-ephrayim {הַר־אֶפְרַיִם}: hill country of Ephraim (noun • masculine singular absolute with construct) • vayikkach-lo {וַיִּקַּח־לוֹ}: and he took to himself (qal imperfect third person masculine singular with vav consecutive + pronominal suffix) • ishah {אִשָּׁה}: a woman (noun • feminine singular absolute) • pilegesh {פִּילֶגֶשׁ}: concubine (noun • feminine singular absolute) • mibbeith-lechem {מִבֵּית לֶחֶם}: from Bethlehem (preposition מִן + construct noun + proper noun) • yehudah {יְהוּדָה}: Judah (proper noun indicating territory) |