- *wayyitʾāw*
- waw consecutive + Hithpael imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he longed/desired
- *Dāwîd*
- proper noun, masculine singular - David
- *wayyōʾmar*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *mî*
- interrogative pronoun - who
- *yašqēnî*
- Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - will give me to drink
- *mayim*
- noun masculine plural - water
- *bôr*
- noun masculine singular construct - well/cistern of
- *Bêt-leḥem*
- proper noun - Bethlehem (lit. house of bread)
- *baššāʿar*
- preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - in the gate