- *wayyōʾmer*
- Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
- *melek*
- masculine singular noun - king
- *ăyad*
- interrogative particle + feminine singular construct - is the hand of
- *Yôʾāb*
- proper name - Joab
- *zōʾt*
- feminine singular demonstrative pronoun - this
- *wattaʿan*
- Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person feminine singular - and she answered
- *ʾiššāh*
- feminine singular noun - woman
- *wattōʾmer*
- Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person feminine singular - and she said
- *ḥê*
- construct state of masculine singular noun - life of
- *napšəkā*
- feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your soul
- *ʾădōnî*
- masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my lord
- *hêmîn*
- Hiphil infinitive construct - to go right
- *haśmîl*
- Hiphil infinitive construct - to go left
- *dibber*
- Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he spoke
- *ʿabdəkā*
- masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant
- *ṣiwwānî*
- Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he commanded me
- *śām*
- Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he put
- *šipḥātəkā*
- feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your maidservant
- *ʾēt*
- direct object marker
- *dəbārîm*
- masculine plural noun - words
- *ʾēlleh*
- common plural demonstrative adjective - these