- *wə-təhî*
- conjunction + qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person feminine singular - and was/became
- *milḥāmâ*
- noun, feminine singular + definite article - the battle/war
- *qāšâ*
- adjective, feminine singular - hard/severe/fierce
- *məʾōd*
- adverb - very/exceedingly
- *yôm*
- noun, masculine singular + definite article - the day
- *hû*
- demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - that
- *wayyinnāgep*
- niphal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and was defeated/smitten
- *ʾabnēr*
- proper noun, masculine - Abner
- *ʾanšê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - men of
- *yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *ʿabdê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - servants of
- *dāwid*
- proper noun - David