- *wayyiḇḥar-lô*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3ms with dative suffix - and he chose for himself
- *šāʾûl*
- proper noun, subject - Saul
- *šĕlōšet*
- construct state - three
- *ʾălāp̄îm*
- masculine plural - thousands
- *wayyihyû*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3mp - and they were
- *ʾalpayim*
- masculine dual - two thousand
- *ʾelep̄*
- masculine singular - thousand
- *hāyû*
- qal perfect, 3cp - they were
- *šillaḥ*
- piel perfect, 3ms - he sent away
- *ʾîš*
- masculine singular - each man