- *wayyōʾmer*
- Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he said
- *ʾel-ʿăvādāyw*
- preposition + masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his servants
- *rəʾû*
- Qal imperative masculine plural - see/look
- *ḥelqat*
- feminine singular construct noun - portion/field of
- *Yôʾāv*
- proper name - Joab
- *ʾel-yādî*
- preposition + feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - beside my hand/next to me
- *wəlô-šām*
- waw-conjunction + preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix + adverb - and to him there
- *śəʿōrîm*
- feminine plural noun - barley
- *ləḵû*
- Qal imperative masculine plural - go
- *wəhaṣṣîtûhā*
- waw-conjunction + Hiphil imperative masculine plural with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and set it on fire
- *bāʾēš*
- preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - with the fire
- *wayyaṣṣîtû*
- Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with waw-consecutive - and they set on fire
- *ʿaḇdê*
- masculine plural construct noun - servants of
- *ʾAvšālôm*
- proper name - Absalom
- *ʾet-haḥelqâ*
- direct object marker + definite article + feminine singular noun - the portion/field