- *way-yaʿan*
- consecutive imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he answered
- *ʾîš*
- noun, masculine singular - man
- *way-yōʾmer*
- consecutive imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he said
- *ʾăḇîhem*
- noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their father
- *hāyəṯâ*
- perfect, 3rd singular feminine - it became
- *māšāl*
- noun, masculine singular - proverb/byword
- *šāʾûl*
- proper noun - Saul
- *nəḇîʾîm*
- noun, masculine plural - prophets