- *wayyišləḥû*
- verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they sent
- *wayyaʾaspû*
- verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they gathered
- *sarnê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - lords of
- *pəlištîm*
- proper noun, masculine plural - Philistines
- *wayyōʾmrû*
- verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they said
- *šalləḥû*
- verb, piel imperative, masculine plural - send
- *ʾărôn*
- noun, masculine singular construct - ark of
- *ʾĕlōhê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - God of
- *yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *wəyāšōb*
- conjunction + verb, qal imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine singular - and let it return
- *limqōmô*
- preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to its place
- *yāmît*
- verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will kill
- *ʾōtî*
- direct object marker with 1st person singular suffix - me
- *ʿammî*
- noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my people
- *hāytâ*
- verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she/it was
- *məhûmat*
- noun, feminine singular construct - confusion/panic of
- *māwet*
- noun, masculine singular - death
- *hāʿîr*
- noun, feminine singular with definite article - the city
- *kābdâ*
- verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she/it was heavy
- *məʾōd*
- adverb - very
- *yad*
- noun, feminine singular construct - hand of
- *hāʾĕlōhîm*
- noun, masculine plural with definite article - the God/gods
- *šām*
- adverb - there