- *hēm*
- 3rd person masculine plural pronoun - they
- *yāṣəʾû*
- Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they had gone out
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *hāʿîr*
- definite article + feminine singular noun - the city
- *lōʾ*
- negative particle - not
- *hirḥîqû*
- Hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural - they had gone far
- *wəyôsēp*
- waw-conjunction + proper noun - and Joseph
- *ʾāmar*
- Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - said
- *laʾăšer*
- preposition + relative pronoun - to who/the one who
- *ʿal*
- preposition - over/in charge of
- *bêtô*
- masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his house
- *qûm*
- Qal imperative, masculine singular - arise
- *rədōp*
- Qal imperative, masculine singular - pursue
- *ʾaḥărê*
- preposition - after
- *hāʾănāšîm*
- definite article + masculine plural noun - the men
- *wəhiśśagtām*
- waw-conjunction + Hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and when you overtake them
- *wəʾāmartā*
- waw-conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall say
- *ʾălēhem*
- preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them
- *lāmmâ*
- interrogative - why
- *šillamtem*
- Piel perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you have repaid
- *rāʿâ*
- feminine singular noun - evil
- *taḥat*
- preposition - instead of/in place of
- *ṭôbâ*
- feminine singular noun - good