| “And it came to pass” | וַיְהִי֮ | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | came pass |
| “that” | הַהוּא֒ | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | that |
| “night,” | בַּלַּ֣יְלָה | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “that the angel” | מַלְאַ֣ךְ | A messenger; specifically, of God, i.e., an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher) | angel |
| “of the Lord” | יְהוָ֗ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “went out,” | וַיֵּצֵ֣א׀ | To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim | out |
| “and smote” | וַיַּךְ֙ | To strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively) | smote |
| “in the camp” | בְּמַֽחֲנֵ֣ה | An encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts) | camp |
| “of the Assyrians” | אַשּׁ֔וּר | Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., Assyria), its region and its empire | Assyrians |
| “an hundred” | מֵאָ֛ה | A hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction | hundred |
| “fourscore” | שְׁמוֹנִ֥ים | Eighty, also eightieth | fourscore |
| “and five” | וַֽחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה | Five | five |
| “thousand:” | אָ֑לֶף | Hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand | thousand |
| “and when they arose early” | וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ | Literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e., to start early in the morning | arose early |
| “in the morning,” | בַבֹּ֔קֶר | Properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning | morning |
| “behold,” | וְהִנֵּ֥ה | Lo! | behold |
| “they all” | כֻלָּ֖ם | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “were” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “dead” | מֵתִֽים׃ | To die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill | dead |
| “corpses.” | פְּגָרִ֥ים | A carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image | corpses |