- *Yêš*
- existential particle - there is
- *dābār*
- noun, masculine singular - thing/word/matter
- *šeyyōʾmar*
- relative pronoun + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - that one might say
- *rəʾêh*
- verb, qal imperative masculine singular - see/look
- *zeh*
- demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
- *ḥādāš*
- adjective, masculine singular - new
- *hûʾ*
- personal pronoun 3rd masculine singular - it (is)
- *kəbār*
- adverb - already
- *hāyāh*
- verb, qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - it was
- *ləʿōlāmîm*
- preposition + noun, masculine plural - for ages/in ancient times
- *ʾăšer*
- relative pronoun - which
- *millə̄pānênû*
- preposition + preposition + 1st common plural suffix - from before us