- *way-yōʾmer*
- consecutive imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he said
- *šāʾûl*
- proper noun - Saul
- *dôḏô*
- noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his uncle
- *haggēḏ higgîḏ*
- infinitive absolute + perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he surely told
- *nimṣəʾû*
- niphal perfect, 3rd plural - they were found
- *ʾăṯōnôṯ*
- noun, feminine plural - female donkeys
- *ʾeṯ-dəḇar*
- direct object marker with construct state - the matter of
- *hammələûḵâ*
- definite article + noun, feminine singular - the kingdom/kingship
- *higgîḏ*
- hiphil perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he told
- *ʾāmar*
- perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he said
- *šəmûʾēl*
- proper noun - Samuel