| 1. Morphological Analysis bishnat {בִּשְׁנַת | biš-šā-ṯ}: in the year of (preposition b + noun • feminine singular construct) • shemoneh {שְׁמוֹנֶה | še-mō-néh}: eight (cardinal numeral • feminine) • esreh {עֶשְׂרֵה | ʿe-s̆réh}: ten (cardinal numeral • used in compound numerals) • lemalchut {לְמַלְכוּת | lə-mal-ḵūṯ}: of the reign (preposition l + noun • feminine singular construct) • yarav’am {יָרָבְעָם | yā-rā-və-ʿām}: Jeroboam (proper noun • masculine) • vayyimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | və-yim-lōḵ}: and he began to reign (vav consecutive + qal imperfect • third person masculine singular) • aviyah {אֲבִיָּה | ʾa-vî-yāh}: Abijah (proper noun • masculine) • al-yehudah {עַל־יְהוּדָה | ʿal־yə-hū-dāh}: over Judah (preposition + noun • feminine singular with definite article) |