- *wayyōʾmer*
- consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *dāwid*
- proper noun - David
- *naʿar*
- noun, masculine singular with definite article - the young man/lad
- *maggid*
- hiphil participle, masculine singular with definite article - the one telling/reporting
- *ʾê*
- interrogative particle - where/from where
- *ʾāttâ*
- personal pronoun, 2nd masculine singular - you
- *ʾîš*
- noun, masculine singular construct - man of
- *gēr*
- noun, masculine singular - stranger/sojourner
- *ʿămālēqî*
- gentilic adjective, masculine singular - Amalekite
- *ʾānōkî*
- personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I