- *wə-yarəʾ*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he saw
- *Dāwid*
- proper noun - David
- *kî ʿăbādāyw*
- conjunction + noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - that his servants
- *mitlaḥăšîm*
- Hithpael participle masculine plural - whispering among themselves
- *wə-yāben*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he understood
- *kî mēt*
- conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - that died
- *yāled*
- noun, masculine singular with definite article - the child
- *wə-yōʾmer*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *ʿăbādāyw*
- noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servants
- *hă-mēt*
- interrogative particle + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - is dead
- *wə-yōʾmərû*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said
- *mēt*
- Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he is dead