- *yôm*
- noun, masculine singular - day
- *ʿeśrîm*
- cardinal number - twenty
- *wĕʾarbāʿāh*
- conjunction + cardinal number, masculine - and four
- *ḥōdesh*
- noun, masculine singular with definite article - the month
- *riʾshôn*
- adjective, masculine singular with definite article - the first
- *waʾănî*
- conjunction + personal pronoun, 1st person singular - and I
- *hāyîtî*
- verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I was
- *yad*
- noun, feminine singular construct - side/bank of
- *nāhār*
- noun, masculine singular with definite article - the river
- *gādôl*
- adjective, masculine singular with definite article - the great
- *ḥiddāqel*
- proper name - Tigris