- *yišmə'û*
- qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural consecutive - they heard
- *pəlištîm*
- proper noun, masculine plural - Philistines
- *'et*
- direct object marker
- *qôl*
- masculine singular construct - sound of
- *tərû'āh*
- feminine singular noun with definite article - the shout
- *yō'mərû*
- qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural consecutive - they said
- *meh*
- interrogative pronoun - what
- *gədôlāh*
- feminine singular adjective with definite article - the great
- *zō't*
- feminine singular demonstrative pronoun with definite article - this
- *maḥănēh*
- masculine singular construct - camp of
- *'ivrîm*
- masculine plural noun with definite article - the Hebrews
- *yēdə'û*
- qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural consecutive - they knew
- *kî*
- conjunction - that, because
- *'ărôn*
- masculine singular construct - ark of
- *bā'*
- qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - had come