- *wə-yōʾmərû*
- waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they said
- *ʾēlāyw*
- preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
- *ʾîsh*
- noun, masculine singular - a man
- *ʿālāh*
- qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - came up
- *liqrāʾtēnû*
- preposition + infinitive construct + 1st plural suffix - to meet us
- *wə-yōʾmer*
- waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and said
- *ʾēlênû*
- preposition + 1st plural suffix - to us
- *ləkû*
- qal imperative, masculine plural - go
- *shûbû*
- qal imperative, masculine plural - return
- *ʾel-ha-melek*
- preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the king
- *ʾăsher-shālaḥ*
- relative particle + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - who sent
- *ʾetkem*
- direct object marker + 2nd masculine plural suffix - you
- *wə-dibbartem*
- conjunction + piel perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and say
- *kōh*
- adverb - thus
- *ʾāmar*
- qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - says
- *YHWH*
- divine name - Yahweh
- *hă-mib-bəlî*
- interrogative + preposition + negative particle - is it because there is no
- *ʾên-ʾĕlōhîm*
- negative particle + noun, masculine plural - no God
- *bə-Yisrāʾēl*
- preposition + proper noun - in Israel
- *ʾattāh*
- 2nd masculine singular independent pronoun - you
- *shōlēaḥ*
- qal participle, masculine singular - sending
- *li-drōsh*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - to inquire
- *bə-Baʿal zəbûb*
- preposition + proper noun compound - of Baal-zebub
- *ʾĕlōhê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - god of
- *ʿEqrôn*
- proper noun - Ekron
- *lākēn*
- adverb - therefore
- *ha-miṭṭāh*
- definite article + noun, feminine singular - the bed
- *ʾăsher-ʿālîtā*
- relative particle + qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - which you went up
- *shām*
- adverb - there
- *lōʾ-tērēd*
- negative particle + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall not come down
- *mimmennāh*
- preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - from it
- *kî-môt*
- conjunction + qal infinitive absolute - for surely die
- *tāmût*
- qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall die