- *wayyirʾû*
- qal imperfect waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they saw
- *šōṭĕrê*
- masculine plural construct noun - officers/officials of
- *bĕnê*
- masculine plural construct noun - sons of
- *yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *ʾōtām*
- direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them/themselves
- *bĕrāʿ*
- preposition with masculine singular noun - in evil/trouble
- *lēʾmōr*
- qal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition - saying
- *lōʾ*
- negative particle - not
- *tigrĕʿû*
- qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you shall diminish/reduce
- *millistnêkem*
- preposition (from) + noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - from your bricks
- *dĕbar*
- masculine singular construct - word/matter of
- *yôm*
- masculine singular - day
- *bĕyômô*
- preposition + noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in its day