- *Mōšeh*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Moses
- *hāyāh*
- perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was/became
- *rō'eh*
- participle, masculine singular - shepherding/tending
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker - untranslatable particle indicating following noun is direct object
- *ṣōʾn*
- noun, common feminine singular - flock/sheep
- *Yitrō*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Jethro
- *ḥōtnō*
- noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his father-in-law
- *kōhēn*
- noun, masculine singular construct - priest of
- *Midyān*
- proper noun - Midian
- *wayyinhaḡ*
- consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he led/drove
- *haṣṣōʾn*
- noun, common feminine singular with definite article - the flock
- *ʾaḥar*
- preposition - behind/after
- *hammidbār*
- noun, masculine singular with definite article - the wilderness/desert
- *wayyāḇōʾ*
- consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he came
- *har*
- noun, masculine singular construct - mountain of
- *hāʾĕlōhîm*
- noun, masculine plural with definite article - the God (plural form with singular meaning)
- *Ḥōrēḇāh*
- proper noun with directional he suffix - to Horeb