- *wayyiqqaḥ*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he took
- *ṣemed*
- noun, masculine singular construct - pair of/yoke of
- *bāqār*
- noun, masculine singular - oxen
- *wayənatṭəḥēhû*
- waw consecutive + Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he cut it in pieces
- *wayəšallaḥ*
- waw consecutive + Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he sent
- *gəbûl*
- noun, masculine singular construct - territory of
- *yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *yad*
- noun, feminine singular construct - hand of
- *hammalʾākîm*
- article + noun, masculine plural - the messengers
- *lēʾmōr*
- preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to say
- *ʾênennû*
- particle of negation + 3rd masculine singular suffix - he is not
- *yōṣēʾ*
- Qal participle masculine singular - going out
- *šāʾûl*
- proper noun - Saul
- *šəmûʾēl*
- proper noun - Samuel
- *yēʿāśeh*
- Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - it will be done
- *libqārô*
- preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to his cattle
- *wayyippōl*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it fell
- *paḥad-yhwh*
- noun, masculine singular construct + divine name - fear of YHWH
- *hāʿām*
- article + noun, masculine singular - the people
- *wayyēṣəʾû*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they went out
- *kəʾîš*
- preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a man