- *wayyaʿaś*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he made/appointed
- *ʾelep̄*
- common noun, masculine singular - thousand
- *sabbāl*
- common noun, masculine singular - burden-bearer, porter
- *ḥōṣēḇ*
- participle, masculine singular - hewer, quarrier
- *hār*
- common noun, masculine singular - mountain, hill country
- *ʾălāp̄îm*
- common noun, masculine plural - thousands
- *mēʾôt*
- common noun, feminine plural - hundreds
- *mənaṣṣəḥîm*
- piel participle, masculine plural - overseers, supervisors
- *ləhaʿăḇîd*
- preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to make work, to employ
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *ʿām*
- common noun, masculine singular - people