| 1. Morphological Analysis vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wă-yō-mer}: and he said (consecutive vav + Qal imperfect third person masculine singular) • shemuʾel {שְׁמוּאֵל֙ | she-mū-ʾēl}: Samuel (proper noun masculine singular) • el-shaʾul {אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל | el-sha-ʾūl}: to Saul (preposition + proper noun masculine singular with maqef) • ʾōtî {אֹתִ֨י | ʾō-tî}: me (direct object marker + first person singular suffix) • šālăḥ {שָׁלַ֤ח | šā-lă-ḥ}: sent (Qal perfect third person masculine singular) • Yahweh {יְהוָה֙ | yə-hō-wāh}: LORD (proper noun • divine name) • limšāḥōḵā {לִמְשָׁחֳךָ֣ | lim-šā-ḥō-khā}: to anoint you (preposition + Qal infinitive construct with second person masculine singular suffix) • ləmeleḵ {לְמֶ֔לֶךְ | lə-me-lekh}: as king (preposition + noun masculine singular) • ʿal-ʿammô {עַל־עַמּ֖וֹ | ʿal-ʿam-mō}: over his people (preposition + noun with third person masculine singular suffix) • ʿal-yis-rā-ʾēl {עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | ʿal-yiś-rā-ʾēl}: over Israel (preposition + proper noun) • wə-ʿattāh {וְעַתָּ֣ה | wə-ʿat-tā}: and now (conjunction + adverb) • še-maʿ {שְׁמַ֔ע | še-maʿ}: listen (Qal imperative second person masculine singular) • lə-qōl {לְק֖וֹל | lə-qōl}: to the voice (preposition + noun) • dib-rê {דִּבְרֵ֥י | dib-rê}: words of (noun masculine plural construct) • Yahweh {יְהוָֽה | yə-hō-wāh}: of the LORD (proper noun • divine name in construct) • se {ס | s}: verse ending marker |