- *wa-yāreb*
- waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he/it quarreled/contended
- *ʿām*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the people
- *mōsheh*
- proper noun - Moses
- *wa-yōʾmərû*
- waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person plural - and they said
- *tənû*
- qal imperative masculine plural - give
- *mayim*
- masculine plural noun - water
- *wə-nishteh*
- waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 1st person plural cohortative - and let us drink
- *wa-yōʾmer*
- waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
- *tərîbûn*
- qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you quarrel/contend
- *tənassûn*
- piel imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you test/try
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *YHWH*
- proper noun - LORD/Yahweh