- *wə-yōʾmer*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he said
- *melek-Yiśrāʾēl*
- construct noun phrase - king of Israel
- *Yəhôšāp̄āṭ*
- proper noun - Jehoshaphat
- *lōʾ*
- negative particle with interrogative prefix - did not
- *ʾāmartî*
- qal perfect 1cs - I said
- *lôʾ-yitnabbēʾ*
- negative particle + hitpael imperfect 3ms - he does not prophesy
- *ṭôb*
- masculine singular adjective - good
- *kî ʾim*
- conjunction phrase - but only/except
- *rāʿ*
- masculine singular adjective - evil/bad