- *wa-yōʾmer*
- conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *kōh*
- adverb - thus/so
- *ʾāmar*
- qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has said
- *YHWH*
- divine name - LORD/Yahweh
- *ʿāsōh*
- qal infinitive absolute - make
- *ha-naḥal*
- definite article + masculine singular noun - the valley/wadi
- *ha-zeh*
- definite article + demonstrative pronoun - this
- *gēbîm gēbîm*
- masculine plural noun, repeated - ditches upon ditches/many ditches