- *wayyōʾmer*
- Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he said
- *ʾAvšālôm*
- proper name - Absalom
- *ʾel-Yôʾāv*
- preposition + proper name - to Joab
- *hinnê*
- interjection - behold
- *šālaḥtî*
- Qal perfect 1st person singular - I sent
- *ʾēleḵā*
- preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
- *lēʾmōr*
- preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying
- *bōʾ*
- Qal imperative masculine singular - come
- *hēnnâ*
- adverb - here/hither
- *wəʾešləḥâ*
- waw-conjunction + Qal cohortative 1st person singular - and let me send
- *ʾōtəḵā*
- direct object marker with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - you
- *ʾel-hammeleḵ*
- preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - to the king
- *lāmmâ*
- interrogative - why
- *bāʾtî*
- Qal perfect 1st person singular - I came
- *miGgəšûr*
- preposition + proper name - from Geshur
- *ṭôv*
- masculine singular adjective - good
- *lî*
- preposition with 1st person singular suffix - for me
- *ʿōd*
- adverb - still/yet
- *ʾănî-šām*
- 1st person singular pronoun + adverb - I [was] there
- *wəʿattâ*
- waw-conjunction + adverb - and now
- *ʾerʾeh*
- Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will see
- *pənê*
- masculine plural construct noun - face of
- *hammeleḵ*
- definite article + masculine singular noun - the king
- *wəʾim-yeš-bî*
- waw-conjunction + conditional particle + existential particle + preposition with 1st person singular suffix - and if there is in me
- *ʿāwōn*
- masculine singular noun - iniquity/guilt
- *wehĕmitānî*
- waw-conjunction + Hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - then let him kill me