- *wə-yōʾmer*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *ha-ṣōpê*
- definite article + qal participle, masculine singular - the watchman
- *ʾănî*
- 1st person singular personal pronoun - I
- *rōʾê*
- qal participle, masculine singular - seeing/am seeing
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *mərûṣat*
- feminine singular construct - running of
- *hā-rîšôn*
- definite article + adjective, masculine singular - the first
- *ki-mərūṣat*
- preposition + feminine singular construct - like running of
- *ʾăḥîmaʿaṣ*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Ahimaaz
- *ben*
- masculine singular construct - son of
- *ṣādôq*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Zadok
- *ha-melek*
- definite article + noun, masculine singular - the king
- *ʾîš*
- noun, masculine singular construct - man of
- *ṭôb*
- adjective, masculine singular - good
- *zê*
- demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
- *wə-ʾel*
- conjunction + preposition - and to/toward
- *bəśôrâ*
- noun, feminine singular - news/tidings
- *ṭôbâ*
- adjective, feminine singular - good
- *yābôʾ*
- qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will come