- *û-Mêšaʿ*
- conjunction + proper name - and Mesha
- *Môʾāb*
- proper name - Moab
- *hāyāh*
- qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he was
- *nōqēd*
- qal participle, masculine singular - sheep breeder/raiser
- *wĕ-hēšîb*
- conjunction + hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he returned/rendered
- *Yiśrāʾēl*
- proper name - Israel
- *kārîm*
- masculine plural noun - lambs
- *ʾêlîm*
- masculine plural noun - rams
- *ṣāmer*
- masculine singular noun - wool