- *wayyōʾmer*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *tipsûm*
- Qal imperative masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - seize/take them
- *ḥayyîm*
- adjective masculine plural absolute - alive/living
- *wayyitpesûm*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and they seized them
- *wayyišḥāṭûm*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and they slaughtered them
- *ʾel-bôr*
- preposition + noun masculine singular construct - to/at the pit/cistern of
- *bêt-ʿēqed*
- noun compound - house of binding/gathering
- *ʾarbāʿîm ûšnayim*
- cardinal numbers - forty and two
- *ʾîš*
- noun masculine singular - man/anyone
- *hišʾîr*
- Hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular - he left/spared