- *kirʾôt*
- qal infinitive construct - seeing
- *Šāʾûl*
- proper noun, masculine - Saul
- *Dāwid*
- proper noun, masculine - David
- *yōṣēʾ*
- qal participle, masculine singular - going out
- *qirʾat*
- noun, feminine singular construct - meeting of
- *pəlištî*
- noun, masculine singular with definite article - the Philistine
- *ʾāmar*
- qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said
- *ʾaḇnēr*
- proper noun, masculine - Abner
- *śar*
- noun, masculine singular construct - commander of
- *ṣāḇāʾ*
- noun, masculine singular with definite article - the army
- *zeh*
- demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
- *naʿar*
- noun, masculine singular with definite article - the young man/youth
- *yōʾmer*
- qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - said
- *ḥê*
- adjective, masculine singular construct - life of
- *nepšəḵā*
- noun, feminine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your soul
- *meleḵ*
- noun, masculine singular with definite article - the king
- *yādāʿtî*
- qal perfect, 1st singular - I know