- *wayyōʾmərû*
- waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said
- *ʾĕmār*
- Qal imperative masculine singular - say
- *nāʾ*
- particle of entreaty - please/now
- *šibbōleṯ*
- feminine singular noun - stream/flood of water/ear of grain
- *wayyōʾmer*
- waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *sibbōleṯ*
- mispronunciation of שִׁבֹּלֶת (šibbōleṯ)
- *yāḵîn*
- Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he was able
- *ləḏabbēr*
- preposition + Piel infinitive construct - to speak
- *wayyōʾḥăzû*
- waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they seized
- *wayyišḥāṭûhû*
- waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and they slaughtered him
- *maʿbərôṯ*
- feminine plural construct - fords/crossings of
- *hayyardēn*
- definite article + proper noun - the Jordan
- *wayyippōl*
- waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and there fell
- *bāʿēṯ*
- preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - in the time
- *hahîʾ*
- definite article + feminine singular demonstrative pronoun - that
- *mēʾep̄rayim*
- preposition + proper noun - from Ephraim