- *wayyāqām*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he arose
- *meleḵ*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the king
- *laylâ*
- masculine singular noun - night
- *wayyōʾmer*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *ʿăbādāyw*
- masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servants
- *ʾaggîdâ*
- hiphil imperfect 1st common singular cohortative - let me tell
- *ʾēt*
- direct object marker
- *ʾăšer*
- relative pronoun - what
- *ʿāśû*
- qal perfect 3rd common plural - they have done
- *ʾărām*
- proper noun - Aram/Syria
- *rĕʿēbîm*
- adjective masculine plural - hungry
- *ʾănaḥnû*
- 1st common plural independent pronoun - we
- *wayyēṣĕʾû*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they went out
- *maḥăneh*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the camp
- *lĕhēḥābēh*
- niphal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition - to hide
- *śādeh*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the field
- *lēmōr*
- qal infinitive construct - saying
- *yēṣĕʾû*
- qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they come out
- *ʿîr*
- feminine singular noun with definite article - the city
- *nitpĕśēm*
- qal imperfect 1st common plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - we will catch them
- *ḥayyîm*
- masculine plural adjective - alive
- *nābōʾ*
- qal imperfect 1st common plural - we will come