- *wə-ʾāmar*
- conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and will say
- *Parʿōh*
- proper noun - Pharaoh
- *li-ḇnê*
- preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - concerning sons of
- *Yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *nəḇuḵîm*
- Niphal participle, masculine plural - confused/entangled
- *hēm*
- pronoun, 3rd masculine plural - they
- *bā-ʾāreṣ*
- preposition + article + noun, feminine singular - in the land
- *sāḡar*
- Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has closed/shut
- *ʿălêhem*
- preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - upon them
- *ha-midbar*
- article + noun, masculine singular - the wilderness