- *wə-Kûš*
- conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Cush
- *yālad*
- verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - begot/fathered
- *ʾet-Nimrôd*
- direct object marker + proper noun, masculine, singular - Nimrod
- *hûʾ*
- pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he
- *hēḥēl*
- verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - began
- *lihyôt*
- preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to be
- *gibbôr*
- noun, masculine, singular - mighty one/hero
- *bā-ʾāreṣ*
- preposition + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - in the earth/land
- ס
- paragraph marker