- *wa-*
- consecutive - and
- *yōʾmer*
- qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he said
- *ḥālîlāh*
- interjection - far be it
- *lî*
- preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me
- *YHWH*
- proper noun - the LORD
- *mē-*
- preposition - from
- *ʿăśōṯî*
- qal infinitive construct + 1st person singular suffix - my doing
- *zōʾṯ*
- demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this
- *hă-*
- interrogative prefix - is it?
- *dam*
- noun, masculine singular construct - blood of
- *hā-*
- definite article - the
- *ʾănāšîm*
- noun, masculine plural - men
- *ha-*
- definite article - the
- *hōləḵîm*
- qal participle, masculine plural - going
- *bə-*
- preposition - in/with
- *nafšôṯām*
- noun, feminine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their lives
- *wə-*
- conjunction - and
- *lōʾ*
- negative particle - not
- *ʾāḇāh*
- qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he was willing
- *li-*
- preposition - to
- *štôṯām*
- qal infinitive construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - drink them
- *ʾēlleh*
- demonstrative pronoun, plural - these
- *ʿāśû*
- qal perfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they did
- *šəlōšeṯ*
- number, construct - three of
- *gibbōrîm*
- noun, masculine plural - mighty men