- *wa-yōʾmer*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and said
- *YHWH*
- proper noun - divine name
- *ʾel-mōšeh*
- preposition + proper noun - to Moses
- *nəṭēh*
- Qal imperative masculine singular - stretch out
- *yādəkā*
- noun feminine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your hand
- *ʿal-ha-šāmayim*
- preposition + definite article + noun masculine plural - toward the heavens
- *wîhî*
- conjunction + Qal jussive 3rd masculine singular - that there may be
- *ḥōšek*
- noun masculine singular - darkness
- *ʿal-ʾereṣ*
- preposition + noun feminine singular construct - over the land of
- *miṣrāyim*
- proper noun - Egypt
- *wə-yāmēš*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular jussive - that may be felt