- *wayehî*
- verb, Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and it was'
- *mimmāḥŏrat*
- preposition with noun, feminine singular construct - 'from the next day of'
- *haḥōdeš*
- noun, masculine singular with definite article - 'the new moon/month'
- *haššēnî*
- adjective, masculine singular with definite article - 'the second'
- *wayyippāqēd*
- verb, Niphal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and was empty'
- *meqôm*
- noun, masculine singular construct - 'place of'
- *dāwid*
- proper name - 'David'
- *wayyōʾmer*
- verb, Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and he said'
- *šāʾûl*
- proper name - 'Saul'
- *yehônātān*
- proper name - 'Jonathan'
- *benô*
- noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his son'
- *lōʾ*
- negative particle - 'not'
- *ben*
- noun, masculine singular construct - 'son of'
- *yišay*
- proper name - 'Jesse'
- *temôl*
- adverb - 'yesterday'
- *hayyôm*
- noun, masculine singular with definite article - 'the day/today'
- *hallāḥem*
- noun, masculine singular with definite article - 'the food/meal'