- *lāmāh*
- interrogative + preposition - why
- *ʾāmartā*
- perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you said
- *ʾăḥōtî*
- noun feminine + 1st person singular suffix - my sister
- *hîʾ*
- independent pronoun 3rd person feminine singular - she
- *wāʾeqqaḥ*
- conjunction + imperfect 1st person singular - and I took
- *ʾōtāh*
- direct object marker + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her
- *lî*
- preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me
- *leʾiššāh*
- preposition + noun feminine singular - for a wife
- *weʿattāh*
- conjunction + adverb - and now
- *hinnēh*
- interjection - behold
- *ʾištekā*
- noun feminine + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your wife
- *qaḥ*
- imperative masculine singular - take
- *wālēk*
- conjunction + imperative masculine singular - and go