- *wə-yāsōbbû*
- Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd plural - and they went around
- *Yəhûḏāh*
- proper noun - Judah
- *wə-yiqbəṣû*
- Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd plural - and they gathered
- *ʾeṯ*
- direct object marker
- *Ləwiyyîm*
- proper noun, masculine plural - Levites
- *ʿārê*
- noun, feminine plural construct - cities of
- *rāʾšê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - heads of
- *ʾāḇôṯ*
- noun, masculine plural - fathers/ancestors/households
- *wə-yāḇōʾû*
- Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd plural - and they came