- *wə*-*yibḥar*
- consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he chose
- *mōšeh*
- proper noun - Moses
- *ʾanšê*-*ḥayil*
- noun, masculine plural construct with noun - men of ability
- *yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *wə*-*yittēn*
- consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he appointed/set
- *ʾōtām*
- direct object marker with 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
- *rāšîm*
- noun, masculine plural - heads/chiefs
- *hāʿām*
- article with noun, masculine singular - the people
- *śārê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - rulers of
- *ʾălāpîm*
- noun, masculine plural - thousands
- *mēʾôt*
- noun, feminine plural - hundreds
- *ḥămiššîm*
- numeral, common plural - fifties
- *ʿăśārōt*
- noun, feminine plural - tens