- *wayyōʾmer*
- waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *Škem*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Shechem
- *ʾel*
- preposition - to
- *Ḥămôr*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Hamor
- *ʾābîw*
- noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his father
- *lēʾmōr*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying
- *qaḥ*
- qal imperative, masculine singular - take
- *lî*
- preposition + 1st person singular suffix - for me
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *hayyaldāh*
- definite article + noun, feminine singular - the girl/child
- *hazzōʾt*
- definite article + demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this
- *lǝʾiššāh*
- preposition + noun, feminine singular - for a wife