- *wə-*
- conjunction - and
- *Dāwiḏ*
- proper noun - David
- *ʾāz*
- adverb - then/at that time
- *ba-*
- preposition + definite article - in the
- *məṣûḏāh*
- noun, feminine singular - stronghold
- *û-*
- conjunction - and
- *maṣṣaḇ*
- noun, masculine singular construct - garrison of
- *Pəlištîm*
- proper noun, masculine plural - Philistines
- *Bêṯ*
- noun, masculine singular construct - house of
- *Lāḥem*
- proper noun - Lehem/Bethlehem