וַיְשַׁמַּ֤ע שָׁאוּל֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם וַֽיִּפְקְדֵם֙ בַּטְּלָאִ֔ים מָאתַ֥יִם אֶ֖לֶף רַגְלִ֑י וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת אֲלָפִ֖ים אֶת־אִ֥ישׁ יְהוּדָֽה׃
And Shaʾul summoned the people and mustered them at Telaʾim: two hundred thousand foot soldiers, and ten thousand men of Yehuda.
Morphology
- וַיְשַׁמַּ֤ע (vay-shammaʿ) – Root: שמע (shamaʿ); Form: Piel wayyiqtol (preterite) 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And he summoned”; Notes: Refers to gathering the people.
- שָׁאוּל֙ (Shaʾul) – Root: שאול (Shaʾul); Form: Proper noun, masculine singular; Translation: “Shaʾul”; Notes: The subject of the sentence.
- אֶת־הָעָ֔ם (ʾet-haʿam) – Root: עם (ʿam); Form: Noun, masculine singular, definite, with direct object marker; Translation: “the people”; Notes: The object of the verb.
- וַֽיִּפְקְדֵם֙ (vay-yifqedem) – Root: פקד (paqad); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (preterite) 3rd person masculine singular, with 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “and he mustered them”; Notes: Refers to numbering or organizing troops.
- בַּטְּלָאִ֔ים (ba-Telaʾim) – Root: טל (tal); Form: Proper noun, place name, with definite article; Translation: “at Telaʾim”; Notes: The place of the gathering.
- מָאתַ֥יִם (maʾatayim) – Root: מאת (meʾat); Form: Number, dual; Translation: “two hundred”; Notes: Specifies the quantity.
- אֶ֖לֶף (ʾelef) – Root: אלף (ʾelef); Form: Noun, masculine singular; Translation: “thousand”; Notes: Completes the number.
- רַגְלִ֑י (ragli) – Root: רגל (regel); Form: Adjective, masculine singular; Translation: “foot soldiers”; Notes: Describes the type of troops.
- וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת (va-ʿaseret) – Root: עשר (ʿeser); Form: Number, feminine singular construct; Translation: “ten”; Notes: Introduces another quantity.
- אֲלָפִ֖ים (ʾalafim) – Root: אלף (ʾelef); Form: Noun, masculine plural; Translation: “thousands”; Notes: Completes the numerical phrase.
- אֶת־אִ֥ישׁ (ʾet-ʾish) – Root: איש (ʾish); Form: Noun, masculine singular, with direct object marker; Translation: “men”; Notes: Specifies whom the number refers to.
- יְהוּדָֽה (Yehudah) – Root: יהודה (Yehudah); Form: Proper noun, masculine singular; Translation: “Yehudah”; Notes: The tribe from which the men were recruited.