| 2. Morphological Analysis vayyivchar-lo {וַיִּבְחַר־ל֨וֹ | wayyibḥar-lô}: and he chose for himself (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular with lamed suffix) • Shaul {שָׁאוּל | Šāʼûl}: Saul (proper noun masculine singular) • shloshet {שְׁלֹשֶׁת | šəlōšēt}: three (construct numeral masculine singular) • alafim {אֲלָפִים | ʼălāp̄îm}: thousands (noun masculine plural absolute) • miyisrael {מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל | mîyisrāʼēl}: from Israel (preposition mi + proper noun) • vayihyu {וַיִּהְיוּ | wayyiḥyû}: and they were (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect third person masculine plural) • im-Shaul {עִם־שָׁאוּל | ʿim-Šāʼûl}: with Saul (preposition + proper noun) • alpayim {אַלְפַּיִם | ʼalpayim}: two thousand (dual noun absolute) • bemikhmash {בְּמִכְמָשׂ | bəmmikk̄ăš}: in Michmash (preposition + proper noun) • ubehar {וּבְהַר | ū-ḇehar}: and in the hill country (vav + preposition + noun) • beit-el {בֵּֽית־אֵל | bêṯ-ʼēl}: Bethel (noun construct + proper noun) • ve-elef {וְאֶלֶף | wə-ʼēlep̄}: and a thousand (vav + noun masculine singular) • hayu {הָיוּ | hayû}: were (Qal perfect third person masculine plural) • im-Yonatan {עִם־יוֹנָתָן | ʿim-Yōnāṭān}: with Jonathan (preposition + proper noun) • begiv‘at {בְּגִבְעַת | bə-giḇa‘at}: in Gibeah (preposition + construct noun) • Binyamin {בִּנְיַמִן | Binyāmīn}: Benjamin (proper noun masculine singular) • veyeter {וְיֶתֶר | wə-yeṯer}: and the rest (vav + noun masculine singular) • ha-am {הָעָם | ha-ʼām}: the people (definite article + noun) • shillakh {שִׁלַּח | šillāḥ}: he sent (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • ish {אִישׁ | ʼîš}: man (noun masculine singular) • le-ohalav {לְאֹהָלָיו | lə-ʼōhālāw}: to his tents (preposition + noun construct + pronominal suffix) |