- *wayyōʾmərû*
- conjunction + consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they said
- *pəlištîm*
- proper noun, masculine plural - Philistines
- *mî*
- interrogative pronoun - who
- *ʿāśâ*
- perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he did/made
- *zōʾt*
- feminine singular demonstrative pronoun - this
- *šimšôn*
- proper noun - Samson
- *ḥătan*
- masculine singular noun construct - son-in-law of
- *hattimnî*
- definite article + gentilic adjective - the Timnite
- *kî*
- conjunction - because
- *lāqaḥ*
- perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he took
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *ʾištô*
- feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his wife
- *wayyittənāh*
- conjunction + consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - and he gave her
- *ləmērēʿēhû*
- preposition + masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to his companion
- *wayyaʿălû*
- conjunction + consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they went up
- *wayyiśrəpû*
- conjunction + consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they burned
- *ʾôtāh*
- direct object marker + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her
- *wəʾet*
- conjunction + direct object marker
- *ʾābîhā*
- masculine singular noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her father
- *bāʾēš*
- preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - with the fire