- *wayyāqûmû*
- waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they arose
- *wayyēlᵊkû*
- waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they went
- *Zîpāh*
- proper noun, place name with directional he - to Ziph
- *lipnê*
- preposition + plural construct - before
- *Šāʾûl*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Saul
- *Dāwid*
- proper noun, masculine singular
- *waʾănāšāyw*
- waw-conjunctive + noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his men
- *midbar*
- noun, masculine singular construct - wilderness of
- *Māʿôn*
- proper noun, place name - Maon
- *bāʿărābāh*
- preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the Arabah/plain
- *ʾel*
- preposition - toward
- *yᵊmîn*
- noun, feminine singular construct - right of
- *hayᵊšîmôn*
- definite article + noun, masculine singular - the desert/waste