- *wa-*
- consecutive conjunction - and
- *wayyōʾmərû*
- verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - they said
- *mî*
- interrogative pronoun - who/which
- *ʾeḥād*
- numeral, masculine - one
- *mi-šibṭê*
- preposition + noun, masculine, plural construct - from tribes of
- *Yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *ʾăšer*
- relative particle - which/that
- *lōʾ-ʿālāh*
- negative particle + verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - did not go up
- *ʾel-YHWH*
- preposition + divine name - to Yahweh/LORD
- *ha-Miṣpāh*
- proper noun with definite article - the Mizpah
- *wə-hinnēh*
- conjunction + demonstrative particle - and behold
- *lōʾ bāʾ-ʾîš*
- negative particle + verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + noun, masculine, singular - no man came
- *ʾel-ha-maḥăneh*
- preposition + noun with definite article, masculine, singular - to the camp
- *mi-Yābēš Gilʿād*
- preposition + proper noun - from Jabesh-Gilead
- *ʾel-ha-qāhāl*
- preposition + noun with definite article, masculine, singular - to the assembly