- *wə-yəhî*
- consecutive imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and it happened
- *mimmŏḥŏrāt*
- preposition + noun, feminine singular - on the next day
- *wə-tōʾmer*
- consecutive imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - and she said
- *habbəkîrāh*
- definite article + noun, feminine singular - the firstborn/elder
- *ʾel*
- preposition - to
- *haṣṣəʿîrāh*
- definite article + noun, feminine singular - the younger
- *hēn*
- demonstrative particle - behold/indeed
- *šākabətî*
- perfect, 1st person singular - I lay
- *ʾemeš*
- adverb - last night/yesterday
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *ʾābî*
- noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my father
- *našqennû*
- imperfect cohortative, 1st person plural - let us make him drink
- *yayin*
- noun, masculine singular - wine
- *gam*
- adverb - also
- *hallaylāh*
- definite article + noun, masculine singular - the night
- *ûbōʾî*
- conjunction + imperative, feminine singular - and come
- *šikbî*
- imperative, feminine singular - lie
- *ʿimmô*
- preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - with him
- *ûnəḥayyeh*
- conjunction + imperfect cohortative, 1st person plural - and let us preserve
- *mēʾābînû*
- preposition + noun, masculine singular with 1st person plural suffix - from our father
- *zāraʿ*
- noun, masculine singular - seed/offspring