- *wa-yəhî*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he was
- *YHWH*
- proper name - Yahweh/LORD
- *ʾarbāʿîm*
- cardinal number - forty
- *yôm*
- masculine singular - day
- *wə-ʾarbāʿîm*
- conjunction + cardinal number - and forty
- *laylāh*
- masculine singular - night
- *leḥem*
- masculine singular - bread
- *lōʾ*
- negative particle - not
- *ʾākal*
- Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he ate
- *û-mayim*
- conjunction + masculine plural - and water
- *šātāh*
- Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he drank
- *wa-yiktōb*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he wrote
- *ha-luḥōt*
- definite article + feminine plural - the tablets
- *ʾēt*
- direct object marker
- *dibrê*
- masculine plural construct - words of
- *ha-bərît*
- definite article + feminine singular - the covenant
- *ʿăśeret*
- feminine singular construct - ten of
- *ha-dəbārîm*
- definite article + masculine plural - the words