- *wə-yəhî*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect 3ms apocopated - and there was
- *rāʿāb*
- noun, masculine singular - famine/hunger
- *gādôl*
- adjective, masculine singular - great/severe
- *bə-šōmərôn*
- preposition + proper noun, feminine singular - in Samaria
- *wə-hinnēh*
- conjunction + demonstrative particle - and behold
- *ṣārîm*
- Qal participle mp - besieging
- *ʿālêhā*
- preposition + 3fs suffix - against it
- *ʿad*
- preposition - until
- *hĕyôt*
- Qal infinitive construct - being
- *rōʾš-ḥămôr*
- noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine singular - head of a donkey
- *bi-šəmōnîm*
- preposition + cardinal number - for eighty
- *kesep*
- noun, masculine singular - silver/money
- *wə-rōbaʿ*
- conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and a fourth of
- *ha-qab*
- article + noun, masculine singular - the kab (measure)
- *dibyônîm*
- noun, masculine plural - dove's dung
- *ba-ḥămiššāh-kāsep*
- preposition + cardinal number + noun, masculine singular - for five (pieces of) silver