- *wayyōʾmer*
- waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *ʾĂḥîtōp̄el*
- proper noun, masculine - Ahithophel
- *ʾAḇšālōm*
- proper noun, masculine - Absalom
- *ʾeḇḥărāh*
- cohortative, 1st singular - let me choose
- *nāʾ*
- particle - please/now
- *ʾîš*
- noun, masculine, singular - man/men
- *wəʾāqûmāh*
- waw conjunction + cohortative, 1st singular - and let me arise
- *wəʾerdəp̄āh*
- waw conjunction + cohortative, 1st singular - and let me pursue
- *Dāwiḏ*
- proper noun, masculine - David
- *hallāylāh*
- definite article + noun, masculine singular - the night