- *wə-*
- conjunction - and
- *ʾāmartā*
- 2nd person masculine singular, perfect, qal - you shall say
- *māh*
- interrogative pronoun - what
- *ʾimmə̄ḵā*
- feminine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your mother
- *ləḇiyyāʾ*
- feminine singular noun - lioness
- *bên*
- preposition - between/among
- *ʾărāyôṯ*
- masculine plural noun - lions
- *rāḇāṣāh*
- 3rd person feminine singular, perfect, qal - she lay down
- *bətôḵ*
- preposition - in the midst of
- *kəp̄irîm*
- masculine plural noun - young lions
- *ribbəṯāh*
- 3rd person feminine singular, perfect, piel - she raised/nurtured
- *gûreyhā*
- masculine plural noun + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her cubs