- *wa-yāmād*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he measured
- *ʾelep*
- noun masculine singular - thousand
- *naḥal*
- noun masculine singular - river/stream
- *ʾăšer*
- relative particle - which/that
- *ʾûkal*
- Qal imperfect 1st singular - I was able
- *ʿăbōr*
- Qal infinitive construct - to cross/pass over
- *kî*
- conjunction - because/for
- *gāʾû*
- Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they rose/swelled
- *mayim*
- noun masculine plural with definite article - the waters
- *mê*
- construct state of *mayim* - waters of
- *śāḥû*
- Qal infinitive construct - swimming
- *yēʿābēr*
- Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - it could be crossed