- *wayyirʾû*
- verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they saw
- *ʾanšê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - men of
- *ʾašdôd*
- proper noun - Ashdod
- *kî-kên*
- conjunction + adverb - that thus/so
- *wəʾāmrû*
- conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - and they said
- *yēšēb*
- verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he/it will dwell/remain
- *ʾărôn*
- noun, masculine singular construct - ark of
- *ʾĕlōhê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - God of
- *yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *ʿimmānû*
- preposition with 1st person common plural suffix - with us
- *qāštâ*
- verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she/it was hard/severe
- *yādô*
- noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his hand
- *ʿālênû*
- preposition with 1st person common plural suffix - upon us
- *dāgôn*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Dagon
- *ʾĕlōhênû*
- noun, masculine plural with 1st person common plural suffix - our god