- *wa-yōʾmer*
- conjunction + qal imperfect, 3ms - and he said
- *Šāʾûl*
- proper noun - Saul
- *ʾel-Dāwid*
- preposition + proper noun - to David
- *hinnê*
- interjection - behold/see
- *bittî*
- feminine singular noun + 1cs suffix - my daughter
- *ha-gədôlâ*
- definite article + feminine singular adjective - the older/greater
- *Mērab*
- proper noun - Merab
- *ʾōtāh*
- direct object marker + 3fs suffix - her
- *ʾettēn-ləkā*
- qal imperfect, 1cs + preposition + 2ms suffix - I will give to you
- *lə-ʾiššâ*
- preposition + feminine singular noun - for a wife
- *ʾak*
- adverb - only/surely/nevertheless
- *hĕyê-lî*
- qal imperative, masculine singular + preposition + 1cs suffix - be for me
- *lə-ben-ḥayil*
- preposition + masculine singular construct + masculine singular noun - as a son of valor
- *wə-hillāḥēm*
- conjunction + niphal imperative, masculine singular - and fight
- *milḥămôt*
- feminine plural construct - battles of
- *YHWH*
- divine name - Yahweh/LORD
- *wə-Šāʾûl*
- conjunction + proper noun - and Saul
- *ʾāmar*
- qal perfect, 3ms - he said/thought
- *ʾal-təhî*
- negative particle + qal jussive, 3fs - let not be
- *yādî*
- feminine singular noun + 1cs suffix - my hand
- *bô*
- preposition + 3ms suffix - against him
- *û-təhî-bô*
- conjunction + qal jussive, 3fs + preposition + 3ms suffix - but let it be against him
- *yad-pəlištîm*
- feminine singular construct + proper noun - the hand of the Philistines