- *û-mî*
- conjunction + interrogative pronoun - and who
- *hāʾîš*
- definite article + masculine singular noun - the man
- *ʾăšer*
- relative pronoun - who/that/which
- *ʾēraś*
- piel perfect 3rd person masculine singular - has betrothed
- *ʾiššāh*
- feminine singular noun - woman/wife
- *wĕ-lōʾ*
- conjunction + negative particle - and not
- *lĕqāḥāh*
- qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - taken her
- *yēlēḵ*
- qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular jussive - let him go
- *wĕ-yāšōḇ*
- conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular jussive - and let him return
- *lĕ-bêtô*
- preposition + masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his house
- *pen*
- conjunction - lest
- *yāmût*
- qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he die
- *ba-milḥāmāh*
- preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - in the battle
- *wĕ-ʾîš*
- conjunction + masculine singular noun - and a man
- *ʾaḥēr*
- adjective - another/different
- *yiqqāḥennāh*
- qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - will take her