- *wə-yōʾmer*
- waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he said
- *Ḥûšay*
- proper noun, masculine - Hushai
- *Ṣādôq*
- proper noun, masculine - Zadok
- *ʾEbyātār*
- proper noun, masculine - Abiathar
- *kōhănîm*
- noun, masculine plural - priests
- *yāʿaṣ*
- perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he advised/counseled
- *ʾĂḥîtōpel*
- proper noun, masculine - Ahithophel
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *ʾAbšālōm*
- proper noun, masculine - Absalom
- *ʾēt*
- direct object marker
- *ziqnê*
- construct state, masculine plural - elders of
- *Yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *yāʿaṣtî*
- perfect, 1st singular - I advised/counseled
- *ʾănî*
- personal pronoun, 1st singular - I