- *wa-yəhî*
- conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular apocopated - and it happened
- *bə-ʾaḥat*
- preposition + cardinal number, feminine singular construct - in the eleventh
- *ʿeśrēh*
- cardinal number, feminine singular - ten
- *šānāh*
- noun, feminine singular - year
- *bā-rʾišôn*
- preposition + definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular - in the first (month)
- *bə-šiḇʿāh*
- preposition + cardinal number, feminine singular - on the seventh
- *la-ḥōḏeš*
- preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - of the month
- *hāyāh*
- qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was/came
- *dəḇar*-*YHWH*
- noun, masculine singular construct + divine name - word of YHWH
- *ʾēlay*
- preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me
- *lēʾmōr*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying