- *wə-ha-šēbeṭ*
- conjunction + article + noun, masculine singular - and the tribe
- *hā-ʾekhād*
- article + cardinal number - the one
- *yihyeh*
- imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will be
- *lô*
- preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to/for him
- *lə-maʿan*
- preposition + noun - for the sake of
- *ʿabdî*
- noun, masculine singular construct + 1st singular suffix - my servant
- *Dāwid*
- proper noun - David
- *û-lə-maʿan*
- conjunction + preposition + noun - and for the sake of
- *Yərûšālaim*
- proper noun - Jerusalem
- *hā-ʿîr*
- article + noun, feminine singular - the city
- *ʾăšer*
- relative pronoun - which/that
- *bākharti*
- perfect, 1st singular - I have chosen
- *bāh*
- preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in/on it/her
- *mi-kōl*
- preposition + noun - from all
- *šibṭê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - tribes of
- *Yisrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel