- *wəlaʿămāśāʾ*
- conjunction + preposition + proper name - and to Amasa
- *tōmərû*
- verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you shall say
- *hălôʾ*
- interrogative particle - is not
- *ʿaṣmî*
- noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person suffix - my bone
- *ûbəśārî*
- conjunction + preposition + noun with 1st person suffix - and my flesh
- *ʾāttāh*
- 2nd person masculine singular pronoun - you
- *kōh*
- adverb - thus/so
- *yaʿăśeh*-*lî*
- verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + preposition with 1st person suffix - he will do to me
- *ʾĕlōhîm*
- noun, masculine plural (divine name) - God
- *wəkōh*
- conjunction + adverb - and thus
- *yôsîp*
- verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will add
- *ʾim*-*lōʾ*
- conditional particle + negative particle - if not
- *śar*-*ṣābāʾ*
- noun construct + noun - commander of army
- *tihyeh*
- verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will be
- *ləpānay*
- preposition + noun with 1st person suffix - before me
- *kol*-*hayyāmîm*
- noun construct + definite article + noun - all the days
- *taḥat*
- preposition - instead of
- *yôʾāb*
- proper name - Joab