- *wa-yēṣēʾ*
- waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and went out
- *ha-ʿām*
- definite article + common noun, masculine singular - the people/troops
- *ha-śādeh*
- definite article + common noun, masculine singular - the field/battlefield
- *liqraʾt*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - to meet/encounter
- *Yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Israel
- *wa-təhî*
- waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and was
- *ha-milḥāmāh*
- definite article + common noun, feminine singular - the battle
- *yaʿar*
- common noun, masculine singular construct - forest of
- *ʾEp̄rāyim*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Ephraim