- *wayehî*
- waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular of *hāyâ* - and it happened/came to pass
- *šāb*
- perfect, 3rd masculine singular - returned/turned back
- *Šāʾûl*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Saul
- *Pelištîm*
- proper noun, masculine plural - Philistines
- *wayyaggidû*
- waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd plural of *nāgad* - and they told/reported
- *lēmōr*
- preposition + infinitive construct - saying
- *hinnêh*
- demonstrative particle - behold/look
- *Dāwid*
- proper noun, masculine singular - David
- *midbar*
- noun, masculine singular construct - wilderness/desert of
- *ʿÊn*
- noun, feminine singular construct - spring of
- *gedî*
- proper noun - Gedi