- *wə-yaʿaś*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he did
- *dāwid*
- proper noun - David
- *kēn*
- adverb - thus/so
- *kaʾăšer*
- conjunction - as/just as
- *ṣiwwāhû*
- Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - he commanded him
- *YHWH*
- proper noun - LORD
- *wə-yak*
- conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he struck
- *pəlištîm*
- gentilic plural - Philistines
- *geḇaʿ*
- proper noun - Geba
- *ʿad-bōʾăḵā*
- preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - until your coming
- *gāzer*
- proper noun - Gezer
- *פ*
- paragraph marker