- *wa-yōʾmer*
- waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *ʾălêhem*
- preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them
- *ha-meleḵ*
- definite article + common noun, masculine singular - the king
- *ʾăšer-yîṭab*
- relative pronoun + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - what is good/pleasing
- *bə-ʿênêḵem*
- preposition + common noun dual construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - in your eyes
- *ʾeʿĕśeh*
- qal imperfect 1st common singular - I will do
- *wa-yaʿămōd*
- waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he stood
- *yad*
- common noun, feminine singular construct - hand/side of
- *ha-šaʿar*
- definite article + common noun, masculine singular - the gate
- *kol-ha-ʿām*
- construct noun + definite article + common noun - all the people/troops
- *yāṣəʾû*
- qal perfect 3rd common plural - they went out
- *lə-mēʾôt*
- preposition + common noun, feminine plural - by hundreds
- *la-ʾălāp̄îm*
- preposition + common noun, masculine plural - by thousands