- *wə-yōʾmer*
- conjunction + masculine singular qal imperfect 3rd person - and he said
- *yəhôšuaʿ*
- proper noun - Joshua
- *ʿam*
- masculine singular construct - people of
- *rāḇ*
- adjective - numerous/large
- *ʿălēh*
- masculine singular qal imperative - go up
- *yaʿrāh*
- feminine singular noun with directional he suffix - to the forest
- *bērēʾṯā*
- masculine singular piel perfect 2nd person - you will cut down/clear
- *ʾereṣ*
- feminine singular construct - land of
- *pərizzî*
- gentilic adjective with definite article - the Perizzite
- *rəp̄āʾîm*
- proper noun with definite article - the Rephaim
- *ʾāṣ*
- masculine singular qal perfect 3rd person - it is too narrow
- *har*
- masculine singular construct - mountain of
- *ʾep̄rāyim*
- proper noun - Ephraim