- *wayyōʾmer*
- conjunction + verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
- *dāwid*
- proper noun - David
- *mah*-*lî*
- interrogative + preposition with 1st person suffix - what to me
- *wəlākem*
- conjunction + preposition with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and to you
- *bənê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
- *ṣərûyāh*
- proper noun - Zeruiah
- *kî*-*tihyû*-*lî*
- conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural + preposition with 1st person suffix - that you should be to me
- *hayyôm*
- definite article + noun - today
- *ləśāṭān*
- preposition + noun - as an adversary
- *yûmat*
- verb, hophal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - shall be put to death
- *ʾîš*
- noun - a man
- *bəyiśrāʾēl*
- preposition + proper noun - in Israel
- *kî*
- conjunction - that
- *hălôʾ*
- interrogative particle + negative particle - do I not
- *yādaʿtî*
- verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I know
- *ʾănî*-*melek*
- 1st person singular pronoun + noun - I am king
- *ʿal*-*yiśrāʾēl*
- preposition + proper noun - over Israel