- *ûmalʾāk*
- waw-conjunctive + noun, masculine singular - and a messenger
- *bāʾ*
- Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - came
- *Šāʾûl*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Saul
- *lēʾmōr*
- preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying
- *mahărāh*
- Piel imperative, masculine singular - hasten
- *wᵊlēkāh*
- waw-conjunctive + Qal imperative, masculine singular + paragogic he - and go
- *kî*
- conjunction - for/because
- *pāšᵊṭû*
- Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - have spread out/raided
- *Pᵊlištîm*
- proper noun, masculine plural - Philistines
- *hāʾāreṣ*
- definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land