- *wə-yəṣaw*
- waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he commanded
- *ʾōtām*
- direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
- *lēmōr*
- preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying
- *kōh*
- adverb - thus, so
- *tōʾmərûn*
- Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall say
- *ʾāmar*
- Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said
- *gartî*
- Qal perfect, 1st common singular - I have sojourned
- *wā-ʾēḥar*
- waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 1st common singular - and I have delayed/tarried