- *wayyarʾ*
- waw-consecutive with qal imperfect 3ms - and he saw
- *yôʾāb*
- proper name - Joab
- *kî-hāyətāh*
- conjunction with qal perfect 3fs - that it was
- *ʾēlāyw*
- preposition with 3ms suffix - to him/against him
- *pənê*
- masculine plural construct - face of/front of
- *hammilḥāmāh*
- definite article with feminine singular noun - the battle
- *mippānîm*
- preposition with masculine plural noun - from the front
- *ûmēʾāḥôr*
- conjunction with preposition with masculine singular noun - and from behind
- *wayyibḥar*
- waw-consecutive with qal imperfect 3ms - and he chose
- *mikkōl*
- preposition with masculine singular - from all
- *bəḥûrê*
- masculine plural construct - chosen men of
- *yiśrāʾēl*
- proper name - Israel
- *wayyaʿărōk*
- waw-consecutive with qal imperfect 3ms - and he arranged/set in order
- *liqraʾt*
- preposition with qal infinitive construct - to meet/against
- *ʾărām*
- proper name - Aram