- *wayyōʾmer*
- waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *šōp̄əṭîm*
- noun, masculine plural with definite article - the judges
- *rəʾû*
- qal imperative, masculine plural - see/consider
- *ʿōśîm*
- qal participle, masculine plural - doing
- *ʾāḏām*
- noun, masculine singular - man/mankind
- *tišpəṭû*
- qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you judge
- *dəḇar*
- noun, masculine singular construct - word/matter of
- *mišpāṭ*
- noun, masculine singular - judgment
- אֶל־
- preposition - to
- מָֽה־
- interrogative pronoun - what
- כִּ֣י
- conjunction - for/because
- לֹ֧א
- negative particle - not
- לְ־
- preposition - for
- וְ־
- conjunction - and
- בִּ־
- preposition - in