- *wayyiššāḇaʿ*
- consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, niphal - and he swore
- *šāʾûl*
- proper noun - Saul
- *YHWH*
- divine name
- *lêʾmōr*
- infinitive construct - saying
- *ḥay*
- masculine singular adjective, construct - living/as lives
- *ʾim*
- conditional particle (used in oaths as negative) - not
- *yiqqərêḵ*
- imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 2nd feminine singular suffix - it will happen to you
- *ʿāwōn*
- masculine singular noun - punishment/iniquity
- *dāḇār*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the matter/thing
- *zeh*
- masculine singular demonstrative - this