- *wə-yābîʾû*
- waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd plural - and they brought
- *ʾet-rōʾš*
- direct object marker + noun, masculine singular construct - the head of
- *ʾîš-bōšet*
- noun, masculine singular construct + proper noun - Ishbosheth
- *ʾel-dāwid*
- preposition + proper noun - to David
- *ḥebrôn*
- proper noun - Hebron
- *wə-yōʾmərû*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd plural - and they said
- *ʾel-ha-melek*
- preposition + article + noun, masculine singular - to the king
- *hinnēh-rōʾš*
- interjection + noun, masculine singular construct - behold, the head of
- *ben-šāʾûl*
- noun, masculine singular construct + proper noun - son of Saul
- *ʾōyibəkā*
- qal participle, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your enemy
- *ʾăšer*
- relative pronoun - who
- *biqqēš*
- piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - sought
- *ʾet-napšekā*
- direct object marker + noun, feminine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your life/soul
- *wə-yittēn*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and has given
- *YHWH*
- proper noun - Yahweh/LORD
- *la-ʾdōnî*
- preposition + noun, masculine singular with 1st common singular suffix - to my lord
- *ha-melek*
- article + noun, masculine singular - the king
- *nəqāmôt*
- noun, feminine plural - vengeance/revenge
- *ha-yôm*
- article + noun, masculine singular - the day
- *ha-zeh*
- article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
- *mi-šāʾûl*
- preposition + proper noun - from Saul
- *û-mi-zarʿô*
- waw conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and from his seed/offspring