- *wa-yišmaʿ*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he heard
- *ʾĕlîʾāb*
- proper noun - Eliab
- *ʾāḥîw*
- noun ms + 3ms suffix - his brother
- *ha-ggādôl*
- definite article + adjective ms - the oldest
- *bə-dabbərô*
- preposition + piel infinitive construct + 3ms suffix - in his speaking
- *ʾel*
- preposition - to
- *hā-ʾănāšîm*
- definite article + noun mp - the men
- *wa-yiḥar*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and it burned
- *ʾap*
- noun ms construct - nose/anger of
- *bə-dāwid*
- preposition + proper noun - against David
- *wa-yōʾmer*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he said
- *lāmmâ*
- preposition + interrogative - why
- *zeh*
- demonstrative pronoun ms - this
- *yārādtā*
- qal perfect 2ms - you came down
- *wə-ʿal*
- waw conjunction + preposition - and upon
- *mî*
- interrogative pronoun - whom
- *nāṭaštā*
- qal perfect 2ms - you left
- *məʿaṭ*
- adjective ms - few
- *ha-ṣṣōʾn*
- definite article + noun fs - the sheep
- *hā-hēnnâ*
- definite article + demonstrative pronoun fp - those
- *ba-mmidbār*
- preposition + definite article + noun ms - in the wilderness
- *ʾănî*
- 1cs pronoun - I
- *yādaʿtî*
- qal perfect 1cs - I know
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *zədōnəkā*
- noun ms + 2ms suffix - your presumptuousness
- *wə-ʾēt*
- waw conjunction + direct object marker
- *rōaʿ*
- noun ms construct - evil of
- *ləbābekā*
- noun ms + 2ms suffix - your heart
- *kî*
- conjunction - for/because
- *ləmaʿan*
- preposition - in order to
- *rəʾôt*
- qal infinitive construct - see
- *ha-mmilḥāmâ*
- definite article + noun fs - the battle