- *wa-yəhî*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it came to pass
- *bayyāmîm*
- preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - in the days
- *hāhēm*
- definite article + masculine plural demonstrative pronoun - those
- *wa-yigdal*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and grew up
- *mōšeh*
- proper noun - Moses
- *wa-yēṣēʾ*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and went out
- *ʾel-ʾeḥāyw*
- preposition + masculine plural noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to his brothers
- *wa-yarʾ*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and saw
- *bəsiblōtām*
- preposition + feminine plural noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in their burdens
- *ʾîš*
- masculine singular noun - a man
- *miṣrî*
- masculine singular adjective - Egyptian
- *makkeh*
- hiphil participle, masculine singular - striking
- *ʾîš-ʿibrî*
- masculine singular noun + masculine singular adjective - a Hebrew man
- *mēʾeḥāyw*
- preposition + masculine plural noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his brothers