- *kî*
- conjunction - for/because
- *bə-ʾeḥāḏ*
- preposition with cardinal number - in the first [day]
- *la-ḥōḏeš*
- preposition with definite article and masculine singular noun - to/of the month
- *hā-rīʾšôn*
- definite article with ordinal number - the first
- *hûʾ*
- third person masculine singular pronoun - he/it
- *yəsuḏ*
- masculine singular noun - foundation
- *ha-maʿălāh*
- definite article with feminine singular noun - the journey up/ascent
- *mi-Bāḇel*
- preposition with proper noun - from Babylon
- *û-ḇə-ʾeḥāḏ*
- conjunction with preposition and cardinal number - and in the first [day]
- *ha-ḥămîšî*
- definite article with ordinal number - the fifth
- *bāʾ*
- perfect verb, third person masculine singular - came/arrived
- *ʾel*
- preposition - to
- *kə-yaḏ*
- preposition with feminine singular construct noun - according to the hand of
- *ʾĕlōhāyw*
- masculine plural noun with third person masculine singular suffix - his God
- *ha-ṭôḇāh*
- definite article with feminine singular adjective - the good
- *ʿālāyw*
- preposition with third person masculine singular suffix - upon him