- *wa-yəhî*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, apocopated - and it came to pass
- *kî*
- conjunction - when
- *hiqšāh*
- Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - hardened/made difficult
- *parʿōh*
- proper noun - Pharaoh
- *lə-šalləḥēnû*
- preposition + Piel infinitive construct + 1st person common plural suffix - to send us away
- *wa-yaharōg*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, apocopated - and killed
- *YHWH*
- proper noun, divine name - LORD/Yahweh
- *kol*
- noun, masculine singular construct - all/every
- *bəkôr*
- noun, masculine singular construct - firstborn of
- *bə-ʾereṣ*
- preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - in land of
- *Miṣrayim*
- proper noun - Egypt
- *mi-bəkōr*
- preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - from firstborn of
- *ʾādām*
- noun, masculine singular - man/human
- *wə-ʿad*
- conjunction + preposition - and to/until
- *bəhēmāh*
- noun, feminine singular - animals/livestock
- *ʿal*
- preposition - upon/because of
- *kēn*
- adverb - thus/so
- *ʾănî*
- 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
- *zōbēaḥ*
- Qal participle, masculine singular - sacrifice/am sacrificing
- *la-YHWH*
- preposition + divine name - to/for the LORD/Yahweh
- *peṭer*
- noun, masculine singular construct - that which opens
- *reḥem*
- noun, masculine singular - womb
- *ha-zəkārîm*
- definite article + noun, masculine plural - the males
- *wə-kol*
- conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and all/every
- *bānay*
- noun, masculine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my sons
- *ʾepdeh*
- Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I redeem