- *wa-yəhî*
- conjunction + verb, qal imperfect apocopated, 3rd person masculine singular - and it came to pass
- *ʿeśrîm*
- numeral - twenty
- *wā-šeḇaʿ*
- conjunction + numeral - and seven
- *šānāh*
- noun, feminine singular - year
- *riʾšôn*
- adjective, masculine singular with definite article - the first (month)
- *ʾeḥāḏ*
- numeral - first/one
- *ḥōḏeš*
- noun, masculine singular with definite article - the month
- *hāyāh*
- verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - was/happened
- *dəḇar-YHWH*
- construct phrase - word of YHWH
- *lēʾmōr*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - to say/saying