- *menashsheh*
- proper noun, Manasseh - tribal name
- *nāp̄elû*
- verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - fell/went over/deserted
- *dāwid*
- proper noun - David
- *bōʾô*
- verb, qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his coming/when he came
- *pelištîm*
- proper noun, plural - Philistines
- *šāʾûl*
- proper noun - Saul
- *milḥāmāh*
- feminine noun, singular - battle/war
- *ʿăzārūm*
- verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - they helped them
- *ʿēṣāh*
- feminine noun, singular - counsel/advice
- *šilleḥūhû*
- verb, piel perfect, 3rd person plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - they sent him away
- *sarnê*
- masculine noun, plural construct - lords of/rulers of
- *rāʾšênû*
- masculine noun, plural construct with 1st person plural suffix - our heads
- *yippôl*
- verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will fall/desert
- *ʾădōnāyw*
- masculine noun, plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his lord/master