- *wa-*
- consecutive conjunction - and
- *wayyōʾmərû*
- verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - they said
- *ziqnê*
- noun, masculine, plural construct - elders of
- *hā-ʿēdāh*
- noun with definite article, feminine, singular - the congregation
- *mah-naʿăśeh*
- interrogative pronoun + verb, qal imperfect, 1st plural - what shall we do
- *la-nôtārîm*
- preposition + noun with definite article, masculine, plural - for the remaining ones
- *lə-nāšîm*
- preposition + noun, feminine, plural - for wives
- *kî*
- conjunction - for/because
- *nišmədāh*
- verb, niphal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - is destroyed/exterminated
- *mi-Binyāmîn*
- preposition + proper noun - from Benjamin
- *ʾiššāh*
- noun, feminine, singular - woman