- *wə-lōʾ*
- conjunction + negative particle - and not
- *šāmēʿû*
- Qal perfect 3cp - they listened
- *kî*
- conjunction - for/but
- *ʾim*
- conditional particle - if/but
- *kə-mišpāṭām*
- preposition + masculine singular noun + 3mp suffix - according to their custom
- *hā-riʾšôn*
- definite article + masculine singular adjective - the former/first
- *hēm*
- 3mp pronoun - they
- *ʿōśîm*
- Qal participle mp - doing