- *wə-shaʿărê*
- conjunction + construct plural - and gates of
- *ʿîr*
- definite, feminine singular - the city
- *shəmôt*
- construct plural - names of
- *shiḇṭê*
- construct plural - tribes of
- *yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *shəʿārîm*
- masculine plural - gates
- *shəlôshāh*
- numeral, masculine - three
- *ṣāphônāh*
- directional noun - northward
- *shaʿar*
- masculine singular construct - gate of
- *rəʾûḇēn*
- proper noun - Reuben
- *ʾeḥād*
- numeral, masculine singular - one
- *yəhûdāh*
- proper noun - Judah
- *lēwî*
- proper noun - Levi