- *wa-yədabbərû*
- conjunction + piel imperfect, 3mp - and they spoke
- *ʿabdê*
- masculine plural construct - servants of
- *Šāʾûl*
- proper noun - Saul
- *bə-ʾoznê*
- preposition + feminine dual construct - in the ears of
- *Dāwid*
- proper noun - David
- *ʾet-ha-dəbārîm*
- direct object marker + definite article + masculine plural noun - the words
- *ha-ʾēlleh*
- definite article + demonstrative adjective - these
- *wa-yōʾmer*
- conjunction + qal imperfect, 3ms - and he said
- *ha-nəqallâ*
- interrogative particle + niphal perfect, 3fs - is it a light thing
- *bə-ʿênêkem*
- preposition + feminine dual noun + 2mp suffix - in your eyes
- *hitḥattēn*
- hithpael infinitive construct - to become related by marriage
- *ba-melek*
- preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - with the king
- *wə-ʾānōkî*
- conjunction + 1cs pronoun - and I
- *ʾîš-rāš*
- masculine singular construct + masculine singular adjective - a poor man
- *wə-niqleh*
- conjunction + niphal participle, masculine singular - and lightly esteemed