- *wǝlōʾ*
- waw-conjunction + negative particle - and not
- *ʾēḥar*
- piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he delayed
- *hannaʿar*
- definite article + noun, masculine singular - the young man
- *laʿăśôt*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - to do
- *haddābār*
- definite article + noun, masculine singular - the thing
- *kî*
- conjunction - because
- *ḥāpēṣ*
- qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he delighted
- *bǝbat*
- preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - in the daughter of
- *Yaʿăqōb*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Jacob
- *wǝhûʾ*
- waw-conjunction + personal pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - and he
- *nikbād*
- niphal participle, masculine singular - was honored
- *mikkōl*
- preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - more than all
- *bêt*
- noun, masculine singular construct - house of
- *ʾābîw*
- noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his father