- *wa-ʾăḏōnîyāhû*
- conjunction + proper name - and Adonijah
- *yārê*
- Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he feared
- *mip-pənê*
- preposition min + construct state of *pānîm* (face) - from before/because of
- *šəlōmōh*
- proper name - Solomon
- *way-yāqom*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he arose
- *way-yêleḵ*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he went
- *way-yaḥăzêq*
- waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he seized/grasped
- *bə-qarnôṯ*
- preposition + feminine plural construct - on horns of
- *ham-mizbêaḥ*
- definite with article, masculine singular - the altar