- *wayəhî*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it happened
- *mimmāḥŏrāt*
- preposition + noun, feminine singular - from the next day
- *wayyāśem*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he placed
- *šāʾûl*
- proper noun - Saul
- *ʾet-hāʿām*
- direct object marker + article + noun, masculine singular - the people
- *šəlōšâ*
- cardinal number, feminine - three
- *rāʾšîm*
- noun, masculine plural - heads/divisions
- *wayyābōʾû*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they came
- *bətôk-hammaḥăneh*
- preposition + construct of *tāwek* + article + noun, masculine singular - into the midst of the camp
- *bəʾašmōret*
- preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - in the watch of
- *habbōqer*
- article + noun, masculine singular - the morning
- *wayyakkû*
- waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they struck
- *ʾet-ʿammôn*
- direct object marker + proper noun - Ammon
- *ʿad-ḥōm*
- preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - until the heat of
- *hayyôm*
- article + noun, masculine singular - the day
- *hanniš'ārîm*
- article + Niphal participle masculine plural - the ones remaining
- *wayyāpuṣû*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they scattered
- *wəlōʾ*
- waw conjunction + negative particle - and not
- *niš'ărû-bām*
- Niphal perfect 3rd common plural + preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - remained among them
- *šənayim*
- cardinal number, masculine dual - two
- *yāḥad*
- adverb - together