- *wa-yaʿan*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he answered
- *ʾittay*
- proper noun - Ittai
- *ʾeṯ*
- direct object marker
- *ha-meleḵ*
- definite article + masculine singular noun - the king
- *wa-yōʾmar*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
- *ḥay*
- masculine singular adjective construct - life of/as lives
- *YHWH*
- divine name - LORD
- *wə-ḥēy*
- conjunction + masculine singular adjective construct - and life of
- *ʾăḏōnî*
- masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my lord
- *kî*
- conjunction - that/because/surely
- *ʾim*
- conditional particle - if
- *bi-mqôm*
- preposition + masculine singular noun - in place
- *ʾăšer*
- relative particle - which/that
- *yihyê*-*šām*
- qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + adverb - he will be there
- *ʾim*-*lə-māweṯ*
- conditional particle + preposition + masculine singular noun - whether for death
- *ʾim*-*lə-ḥayyîm*
- conditional particle + preposition + masculine plural noun - or for life
- *kî*-*šām*
- conjunction + adverb - surely there
- *yihyê*
- qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will be
- *ʿaḇdḵā*
- masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant