- *wayyirʾû*
- verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they saw
- *ʾanšê-yiśrāʾēl*
- noun, masculine plural construct + proper noun - men of Israel
- *ʾăšer-bəʿēber hāʿēmeq*
- relative pronoun + preposition + noun with definite article - who were across the valley
- *ʾăšer bəʿēber hayyardēn*
- relative pronoun + preposition + proper noun with definite article - who were across the Jordan
- *kî-nāsû*
- conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - that they fled
- *wəḵî-mētû*
- conjunction + conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - and that they died
- *šāʾûl*
- proper noun - Saul
- *wayyaʿazbû*
- verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they abandoned
- *ʾet-heʿārîm*
- direct object marker + noun, feminine plural with definite article - the cities
- *wayyānusû*
- verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they fled
- *wayyābōʾû*
- verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they came
- *pəlištîm*
- noun, masculine plural - Philistines
- *wayyēšəbû*
- verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they settled/dwelt