- *wa-*
- consecutive - and
- *yērəḏû*
- qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they went down
- *šəlōšāh*
- number - three
- *mē-*
- preposition - from
- *ha-*
- definite article - the
- *šəlōšîm*
- number - thirty
- *rōʾš*
- noun, masculine singular - head/chief
- *yāḇōʾû*
- qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they came
- *ʾel*
- preposition - to
- *qāṣîr*
- noun, masculine singular - harvest
- *Dāwiḏ*
- proper noun - David
- *məʿāraṯ*
- noun, feminine singular construct - cave of
- *ʿĂḏullām*
- proper noun - Adullam
- *wə-*
- conjunction - and
- *ḥayyaṯ*
- noun, feminine singular construct - company of
- *Pəlištîm*
- proper noun, masculine plural - Philistines
- *ḥōnāh*
- qal participle, feminine singular - encamping
- *bə-*
- preposition - in
- *ʿēmeq*
- noun, masculine singular construct - valley of
- *Rəfāʾîm*
- proper noun - Rephaim