| 1. Morphological Analysis ben {בֶּן־ | bən}: son (noun masculine singular construct) • shanah {שָׁנָ֖ה | šānā(h)}: year (noun feminine singular absolute) • Shaul {שָׁא֣וּל | šāʼūl}: Saul (proper noun masculine singular) • bemalkho {בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ | bə-malkō}: in his reign (preposition be + noun masculine singular construct + third person masculine singular pronominal suffix) • ushtei {וּשְׁתֵּ֣י | û-štey}: and two (conjunction vav + feminine dual noun construct) • shanim {שָׁנִ֔ים | šānîm}: years (noun feminine plural absolute) • malakh {מָלַ֖ךְ | mālaḵ}: he reigned (verb Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • al {עַל־ | ʿal}: over (preposition) • Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | yiś-rāʼēl}: Israel (proper noun masculine singular). |