- *wayyaʿălû*
- waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they went up
- *Zipîm*
- proper noun, masculine plural - Ziphites
- *Šāʾûl*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Saul
- *haGibʿātāh*
- definite article + proper noun, feminine singular with directional he - to Gibeah
- *lēʾmōr*
- preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying
- *hălôʾ*
- interrogative particle - is not?
- *Dāwid*
- proper noun, masculine singular
- *mistatēr*
- Hithpael participle, masculine singular - hiding himself
- *ʿimmānû*
- preposition + 1st common plural suffix - with us
- *bammᵊṣādôt*
- preposition + definite article + noun, feminine plural - in the strongholds
- *baḥōrᵊšāh*
- preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the thicket/wood
- *gibʿat*
- noun, feminine singular construct - hill of
- *haḤăkîlāh*
- definite article + proper noun, feminine singular - Hachilah
- *ʾăšer*
- relative pronoun - which
- *mîmîn*
- preposition + noun, feminine singular - from the right of
- *hayᵊšîmôn*
- definite article + noun, masculine singular - the desert/waste