- *wə-yəhî*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it happened/was
- *yôm*
- noun, masculine singular with definite article - the day
- *šəbîʿî*
- adjective, masculine singular with definite article - the seventh
- *wə-yāmot*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he died
- *yāled*
- noun, masculine singular with definite article - the child
- *wə-yîrəʾû*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they feared
- *ʿabdê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - servants of
- *Dāwid*
- proper noun - David
- *lə-haggîd*
- preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - to tell
- *kî-mēt*
- conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - that died
- *kî ʾāmərû*
- conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd common plural - because they said
- *bi-həyôt*
- preposition + Qal infinitive construct - in being
- *ḥay*
- adjective, masculine singular - living/alive
- *dibbarnû*
- Piel perfect 1st common plural - we spoke
- *šāmaʿ*
- Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he listened
- *bəqôlēnû*
- preposition + noun, masculine singular with 1st common plural suffix - to our voice
- *wə-ʾêk*
- conjunction + interrogative - and how
- *nōʾmar*
- Qal imperfect 1st common plural - we will say
- *mēt*
- Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - died
- *wə-ʿāśâ*
- waw consecutive + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and he will do
- *rāʿâ*
- adjective, feminine singular - evil/harm