- *wayyaḥărîšû*
- waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they kept silent
- *wəlōʾ-ʿānû*
- waw conjunction + negative particle + qal perfect 3rd common plural - and they did not answer
- *ʾōṯô*
- direct object marker + 3rd masculine singular suffix - him
- *dāḇār*
- noun masculine singular - word/thing
- *kî*
- conjunction - for/because
- *miṣwaṯ*
- construct noun feminine singular - command of
- *ham-melek*
- definite article + noun - the king
- *hîʾ*
- 3rd person feminine singular pronoun - it
- *lēʾmōr*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying
- *lōʾ*
- negative particle - not
- *ṯaʿănûhû*
- qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - you shall answer him