- *wə-yōʾmərû*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said
- *kol*
- noun construct - all of
- *haq-qāhāl*
- definite article + masculine singular noun - the assembly
- *laʿăśôt*
- preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to do
- *kēn*
- adverb - thus/so
- *kî*
- conjunction - for/because
- *yāšar*
- Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - was right/pleasing
- *had-dābār*
- definite article + masculine singular noun - the word/thing/matter
- *bə-ʿênê*
- preposition + feminine dual construct - in eyes of
- *hā-ʿām*
- definite article + masculine singular noun - the people