- *wa-yinnāgəp̄û*
- waw-consecutive + niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they were defeated
- *ʿam*
- common noun, masculine singular construct - people of
- *Yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Israel
- *lip̄nê*
- preposition + common noun masculine plural construct - before
- *ʿaḇdê*
- common noun, masculine plural construct - servants of
- *Dāwid*
- proper noun, masculine singular - David
- *wa-təhî*
- waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and there was
- *ha-maggēp̄āh*
- definite article + common noun, feminine singular - the slaughter/defeat/plague
- *gədôlāh*
- adjective, feminine singular - great/large
- *ha-yôm*
- definite article + common noun, masculine singular - the day
- *ha-hûʾ*
- definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - that
- *ʿeśrîm ʾālep̄*
- numeral + common noun, masculine singular - twenty thousand