- *bôʾ*
- qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they came
- *ṣûr*
- qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they besieged
- *ʾāvēlâ*
- proper noun - Abel
- *bêt*
- noun, masculine singular construct - house of
- *maʿăḵâ*
- proper noun with definite article - the Maacah
- *šāpaḵ*
- qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they poured out
- *sōlᵉlâ*
- noun, feminine singular - siege ramp
- *ʿîr*
- noun, feminine singular with definite article - the city
- *ʿāmad*
- qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd feminine singular - and it stood
- *ḥēl*
- noun, masculine singular with definite article - the rampart
- *ʿām*
- noun, masculine singular with definite article - the people
- *yôʾāv*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Joab
- *šāḥat*
- hiphil participle, masculine plural - destroying
- *nāpal*
- hiphil infinitive construct - to cause to fall
- *ḥômâ*
- noun, feminine singular with definite article - the wall