- *wə-tāʾar*
- conjunctive waw + Pual perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and it was drawn
- *ha-gəbûl*
- definite article + noun, masculine singular - the boundary
- *wə-nāsab*
- conjunctive waw + Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and it turned around
- *li-pǝʾat-yām*
- preposition + construct state + noun, masculine singular - to the western side
- *negbâ*
- noun, masculine singular + directional he - southward
- *min-hā-hār*
- preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - from the mountain/hill
- *ʾăšer*
- relative pronoun - which
- *ʿal-pənê*
- preposition + construct state, masculine plural - in front of
- *bêt-ḥōrôn*
- proper noun - Beth-horon
- *wə-hāyû*
- conjunctive waw + Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - and were
- *tōṣəʾōtāyw*
- noun, feminine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its outgoings/extremities
- *ʾel-qiryat-baʿal*
- preposition + proper noun - to Kiriath-baal
- *hîʾ*
- 3rd person feminine singular pronoun - it (is)
- *qiryat yəʿārîm*
- proper noun - Kiriath-jearim
- *ʿîr*
- noun, feminine singular construct - city of
- *bənê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - children/sons of
- *yəhûdâ*
- proper noun - Judah
- *zōʾt*
- demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this is
- *pəʾat-yām*
- construct state + noun, masculine singular - the western side