- *Wə-lōʾ*
- conjunction + negative particle - and not
- *ʾāmərû*
- qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they said
- *ʾayyēh*
- interrogative adverb - where
- *YHWH*
- proper noun, divine name - LORD/Yahweh
- *ha-maʿăleh*
- definite article + hiphil participle, masculine singular - the one bringing up
- *ʾōtānû*
- direct object marker + 1st common plural suffix - us
- *mē-ʾereṣ*
- preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - from land of
- *Miṣrāyim*
- proper noun - Egypt
- *ha-môlîk*
- definite article + hiphil participle, masculine singular - the one leading
- *ba-midbār*
- preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the wilderness
- *bə-ʾereṣ*
- preposition + noun, feminine singular - in a land
- *ʿărābāh*
- noun, feminine singular - desert plain/wilderness
- *wə-šûḥāh*
- conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and pit
- *ṣiyyāh*
- noun, feminine singular - drought/dryness
- *wə-ṣalmāwet*
- conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and deep darkness
- *lōʾ*-*ʿābar*
- negative particle + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - not passed through
- *bāh*
- preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in it
- *ʾîš*
- noun, masculine singular - man
- *wə-lōʾ*-*yāšab*
- conjunction + negative particle + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and not dwelt
- *ʾādām*
- noun, masculine singular - mankind/person
- *šām*
- adverb - there