- *wayyaʿan*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he answered
- *wayyōʾmer*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he said
- *hălôʾ*
- interrogative particle + negative particle - am I not?
- *ben*
- noun, masculine, singular, construct - son of
- *yəmînî*
- adjective, masculine, singular - Benjamite
- *ʾānōḵî*
- pronoun, 1st singular - I
- *miqqaṭannê*
- preposition + adjective, masculine plural construct - from the smallest of
- *šiḇṭê*
- noun, masculine, plural, construct - tribes of
- *yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *ûmišpaḥtî*
- conjunction + noun, feminine, singular + 1st singular suffix - and my family
- *haṣṣəʿîrāh*
- adjective, feminine, singular with definite article - the least/youngest
- *mišpəḥôṯ*
- noun, feminine, plural, construct - families of
- *ḇinyāmîn*
- proper noun - Benjamin
- *dibbartā*
- Piel perfect, 2nd singular masculine - you have spoken
- *kaddāḇār*
- preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - like the word
- *hazzeh*
- demonstrative adjective, masculine singular - this