- *wə-yišməʿû*
- conjunction + qal imperfect 3mp - and they heard
- *šəlōšeṯ*
- numeral feminine singular construct - three of
- *rēʿê*
- noun masculine plural construct - friends of
- *ʾiyyôḇ*
- proper noun - Job
- *ʾēṯ*
- direct object marker
- *kāl*
- noun masculine singular construct - all of
- *rāʿāh*
- noun feminine singular - evil/calamity
- *haz-zōʾṯ*
- article + demonstrative pronoun feminine singular - this
- *hab-bāʾāh*
- article + qal participle feminine singular - the coming
- *ʿālāyw*
- preposition + 3ms suffix - upon him
- *wə-yāḇōʾû*
- conjunction + qal imperfect 3mp - and they came
- *ʾîš*
- noun masculine singular - each man
- *mim-məqōmô*
- preposition + noun masculine singular construct + 3ms suffix - from his place
- *ʾĕlîp̄az*
- proper noun - Eliphaz
- *hat-têmānî*
- article + gentilic adjective masculine singular - the Temanite
- *û-ḇildaḏ*
- conjunction + proper noun - and Bildad
- *haš-šûḥî*
- article + gentilic adjective masculine singular - the Shuhite
- *wə-ṣôp̄ar*
- conjunction + proper noun - and Zophar
- *han-naʿămāṯî*
- article + gentilic adjective masculine singular - the Naamathite
- *wə-yiwwāʿăḏû*
- conjunction + niphal imperfect 3mp - and they met together
- *yaḥdāw*
- adverb - together
- *lāḇôʾ*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - to come
- *lānûḏ*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - to sympathize
- *lô*
- preposition + 3ms suffix - with him
- *û-lə-naḥămô*
- conjunction + preposition + piel infinitive construct + 3ms suffix - and to comfort him