{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.11.11",
"source": "וַיְהִ֣י מִֽמָּחֳרָ֗ת וַיָּ֨שֶׂם שָׁא֣וּל אֶת־הָעָם֮ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה רָאשִׁים֒ וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ בְתוֹךְ־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙ בְּאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת הַבֹּ֔קֶר וַיַּכּ֥וּ אֶת־עַמּ֖וֹן עַד־חֹ֣ם הַיּ֑וֹם וַיְהִ֤י הַנִּשְׁאָרִים֙ וַיָּפֻ֔צוּ וְלֹ֥א נִשְׁאֲרוּ־בָ֖ם שְׁנַ֥יִם יָֽחַד",
"text": "And *wayəhî* from *mimmāḥŏrāt* and *wayyāśem* *šāʾûl* *ʾet-hāʿām* *šəlōšâ* *rāʾšîm* and *wayyābōʾû* into *bətôk-hammaḥăneh* in *bəʾašmōret* the *habbōqer* and *wayyakkû* *ʾet-ʿammôn* until *ʿad-ḥōm* the *hayyôm* and *wayəhî* the *hanniš'ārîm* and *wayyāpuṣû* and not *wəlōʾ* *niš'ărû-bām* two *šənayim* together *yāḥad*",
"grammar": {
"*wayəhî*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it happened",
"*mimmāḥŏrāt*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - from the next day",
"*wayyāśem*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he placed",
"*šāʾûl*": "proper noun - Saul",
"*ʾet-hāʿām*": "direct object marker + article + noun, masculine singular - the people",
"*šəlōšâ*": "cardinal number, feminine - three",
"*rāʾšîm*": "noun, masculine plural - heads/divisions",
"*wayyābōʾû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they came",
"*bətôk-hammaḥăneh*": "preposition + construct of *tāwek* + article + noun, masculine singular - into the midst of the camp",
"*bəʾašmōret*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - in the watch of",
"*habbōqer*": "article + noun, masculine singular - the morning",
"*wayyakkû*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they struck",
"*ʾet-ʿammôn*": "direct object marker + proper noun - Ammon",
"*ʿad-ḥōm*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - until the heat of",
"*hayyôm*": "article + noun, masculine singular - the day",
"*hanniš'ārîm*": "article + Niphal participle masculine plural - the ones remaining",
"*wayyāpuṣû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they scattered",
"*wəlōʾ*": "waw conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*niš'ărû-bām*": "Niphal perfect 3rd common plural + preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - remained among them",
"*šənayim*": "cardinal number, masculine dual - two",
"*yāḥad*": "adverb - together"
},
"variants": {
"*mimmāḥŏrāt*": "on the next day/on the following day",
"*šəlōšâ rāʾšîm*": "three divisions/three companies",
"*ʾašmōret habbōqer*": "morning watch (last part of night before dawn)",
"*ḥōm hayyôm*": "heat of the day/midday/noon"
}
}