- *bənê*
- construct state, masculine plural of *ben* - 'sons of/children of'
- *Bêt*-*lāḥem*
- compound proper name - 'Bethlehem'
- *mēʾāh*
- feminine singular - 'hundred'
- *ʿeśrîm*
- cardinal number - 'twenty'
- *û-šəlōšāh*
- conjunction + cardinal number - 'and three'