- *wayyōʾmer*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *ʾAbšālôm*
- proper noun - Absalom
- *Ḥûšay*
- proper noun - Hushai
- *Zeh*
- demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
- *ḥasdəkā*
- noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your loyalty
- *ʾeṯ-rēʿekā*
- direct object marker + noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your friend
- *Lāmmāh*
- interrogative - why
- *lōʾ-hālaktā*
- negative particle + qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you did not go