- *yōsep̄*
- third person masculine singular hiphil imperfect consecutive - and he added/continued
- *ʾĂḥîmaʿaṣ*
- proper noun - Ahimaaz
- *ben*
- masculine singular construct - son of
- *Ṣāḏôq*
- proper noun - Zadok
- *yōʾmer*
- third person masculine singular qal imperfect consecutive - and he said
- *Yôʾāḇ*
- proper noun - Joab
- *yehî*
- third person masculine singular qal jussive - let it be
- *ʾāruṣâ*
- first person singular qal imperfect cohortative - let me run
- *nāʾ*
- particle of entreaty - please/now
- *ʾānî*
- first person singular independent pronoun - I
- *Kûšî*
- masculine singular gentilic adjective with definite article - the Cushite
- *zeh*
- masculine singular demonstrative pronoun - this
- *ʾattâ*
- second person masculine singular independent pronoun - you
- *rāṣ*
- masculine singular qal participle - running
- *běnî*
- masculine singular noun with first person singular suffix - my son
- *běśôrâ*
- feminine singular noun - news/tidings
- *mōṣēʾṯ*
- feminine singular qal participle - finding/available