- *ʿibrîm*
- masculine plural noun with definite article - the Hebrews
- *hāyû*
- qal perfect, 3rd common plural - were
- *pĕlištîm*
- proper noun with definite article and preposition - to the Philistines
- *ʾetmôl šilšôm*
- adverbial phrase - yesterday and third day (idiom for previously)
- *maḥăneh*
- masculine singular noun with definite article and preposition - in the camp
- *sābîb*
- adverb - round about
- *hēmmâ*
- 3rd person plural pronoun with emphatic particle - they themselves
- *yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun with preposition - with Israel
- *šāʾûl*
- proper noun with preposition - with Saul
- *yônātān*
- proper noun - Jonathan