- *wayəhî*
- conjunction + verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and it came to pass
- *kî*-*bāʾ*
- conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - when he came to
- *yərûšālaim*
- proper noun - Jerusalem
- *liqraʾt*
- preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to meet
- *hammelek*
- definite article + noun - the king
- *wayyōʾmer*
- conjunction + verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and said
- *lô*
- preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him
- *lāmmāh*
- preposition + interrogative - why
- *lōʾ*-*hālaktā*
- negative particle + verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - did you not go
- *ʿimmî*
- preposition with 1st person singular suffix - with me
- *məpîbōšet*
- proper noun - Mephibosheth