- *hûʾ*
- 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he
- *hikkāh*
- hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he struck/defeated
- *ʾeth*
- direct object marker
- *ʾĕdôm*
- proper noun - Edom
- *bə*
- preposition - in
- *gêʾ*
- construct masculine singular - valley of
- *melaḥ*
- masculine singular - salt
- *ʿăśereth*
- construct feminine - ten of
- *ʾălāpîm*
- masculine plural - thousands
- *wə*
- conjunction - and
- *tāpaś*
- qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he seized/captured
- *ha*
- definite article - the
- *selaʿ*
- masculine singular - rock/fortress
- *ba*
- preposition with definite article - in the
- *milḥāmāh*
- feminine singular - battle/war
- *wa*
- consecutive prefix - and
- *yiqrāʾ*
- imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - he called
- *shəmāh*
- feminine singular noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - its name
- *yāqtəʾēl*
- proper noun - Joktheel
- *ʿad*
- preposition - until
- *yôm*
- masculine singular - day
- *zeh*
- demonstrative adjective, masculine singular - this