- *wə-yōʾmrû*
- conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural with waw-consecutive - and they said
- *śārê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - princes/officials of
- *bənê-ʿammôn*
- noun, masculine plural construct + proper noun - sons of/children of Ammon
- *lə-Ḥānûn*
- preposition + proper noun - to Hanun
- *ha-məkabbēd*
- definite article + piel participle, masculine singular - the one honoring
- *Dāwîd*
- proper noun, masculine singular - David
- *ʾet-ʾābîkā*
- direct object marker + noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your father
- *ʿênêkā*
- noun, dual construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your eyes/opinion
- *šālaḥ*
- qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he sent
- *lə-kā*
- preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you
- *mənaḥămîm*
- piel participle, masculine plural - comforters
- *hă-lōʾ*
- interrogative particle + negative particle - is it not
- *ba-ʿăbûr*
- preposition + preposition - for the purpose of
- *laḥqōr*
- qal infinitive construct - to search/investigate
- *wə-lahăpōk*
- conjunction + qal infinitive construct - and to overthrow
- *û-ləraggēl*
- conjunction + piel infinitive construct - and to spy out
- *hā-ʾāreṣ*
- definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
- *bāʾû*
- qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they came
- *ʿăbādāw*
- noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servants
- *ʾēlêkā*
- preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you