- *yîrə'û*
- qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural consecutive - they feared
- *pəlištîm*
- proper noun, masculine plural with definite article - the Philistines
- *kî*
- conjunction - for, because
- *'āmərû*
- qal perfect 3rd common plural - they said
- *bā'*
- qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - has come
- *'ĕlōhîm*
- masculine plural noun - God, gods
- *maḥăneh*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the camp
- *yō'mərû*
- qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural consecutive - they said
- *'ôy*
- interjection - woe
- *lō'*
- negative particle - not
- *hāyətāh*
- qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - has been
- *kāzō't*
- preposition + feminine singular demonstrative pronoun - like this
- *'etmôl*
- adverb - yesterday
- *šilšōm*
- adverb - day before yesterday, previously