- *wayyērədû*
- conjunction + consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they went down
- *šəlōšet*
- construct state, feminine numeral - three thousand
- *ʾălāpîm*
- masculine plural noun - thousands
- *ʾîš*
- masculine singular noun - men
- *mîhûdâ*
- preposition + proper noun - from Judah
- *ʾel*
- preposition - to
- *səʿîp*
- masculine singular construct - cleft of
- *selaʿ*
- masculine singular noun construct - rock of
- *ʿêṭām*
- proper noun - Etam
- *wayyōʾmərû*
- conjunction + consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they said
- *ləšimšôn*
- preposition + proper noun - to Samson
- *hălōʾ*
- interrogative + negative particle - do you not
- *yādaʿtā*
- perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you knew
- *kî*
- conjunction - that
- *mōšəlîm*
- masculine plural participle - ruling
- *bānû*
- preposition + 1st common plural suffix - over us
- *pəlištîm*
- proper noun, masculine plural - Philistines
- *ûmah*
- conjunction + interrogative pronoun - and what
- *zōʾt*
- feminine singular demonstrative pronoun - this
- *ʿāśîtā*
- perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have done
- *lānû*
- preposition + 1st common plural suffix - to us
- *wayyōʾmer*
- conjunction + consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *lāhem*
- preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them
- *kaʾăšer*
- preposition + relative pronoun - as
- *ʿāśû*
- perfect, 3rd common plural - they did
- *lî*
- preposition + 1st singular suffix - to me
- *kên*
- adverb - so
- *ʿāśîtî*
- perfect, 1st singular - I have done