- *wayyōʾmer*
- waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *ʾAḇšālōm*
- proper noun, masculine - Absalom
- *qərāʾ*
- imperative, masculine singular - call
- *nāʾ*
- particle - please/now
- *Ḥûšay*
- proper noun, masculine - Hushai
- *hāʾArkî*
- definite article + gentilic adjective, masculine singular - the Archite
- *wənišməʿāh*
- waw conjunction + cohortative, 1st plural, qal - and let us hear