- *wa-yiqqāḇṣû*
- waw consecutive + niphal imperfect, 3rd plural - and they gathered themselves
- *ʿam*
- masculine singular noun - people
- *rāḇ*
- adjective, masculine singular - many/great/numerous
- *wa-yistəmû*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd plural - and they stopped up/blocked
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *maʿyānôṯ*
- feminine plural noun - springs
- *naḥal*
- masculine singular noun - stream/brook/wadi
- *šôṭēp̄*
- qal participle, masculine singular - flowing/overflowing
- *ʾāreṣ*
- feminine singular noun - land/earth/ground
- *lēmōr*
- qal infinitive construct - saying
- *lāmmāh*
- interrogative + preposition - why
- *yāḇôʾû*
- qal imperfect, 3rd plural - they will come
- *malḵê*
- masculine plural construct - kings of
- *ʾaššûr*
- proper noun - Assyria
- *û-māṣəʾû*
- conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd plural - and find
- *mayim*
- masculine plural noun - water
- *rabbîm*
- adjective, masculine plural - many/great/abundant