- *wa-*
- consecutive conjunction - and
- *wayyinnāḥămû*
- verb, niphal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - they were sorry/regretted
- *bənê*
- noun, masculine, plural construct - sons of
- *Yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *ʾel-Binyāmîn*
- preposition + proper noun - concerning Benjamin
- *ʾāḥîw*
- noun, masculine, singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his brother/their brother
- *wayyōʾmərû*
- verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - they said
- *nigdaʿ*
- verb, niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - is cut off/cut down
- *ha-yôm*
- noun with definite article, masculine, singular - today/this day
- *šēbeṭ*
- noun, masculine, singular - tribe
- *ʾeḥād*
- numeral, masculine - one
- *mi-Yiśrāʾēl*
- preposition + proper noun - from Israel