- *wə-yōʾmer*
- waw-consecutive with imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he said'
- *rəʾûḇēn*
- proper noun, masculine singular - 'Reuben'
- *tišpəḵû*
- qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural - 'you shall shed'
- *dām*
- noun, masculine singular - 'blood'
- *hašlîḵû*
- hiphil imperative 2nd masculine plural - 'throw/cast'
- *ha-bbôr*
- definite article with noun, masculine singular - 'the pit/cistern'
- *ha-zzê*
- definite article with demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - 'this'
- *ba-mmidbar*
- preposition with definite article and noun, masculine singular - 'in the wilderness'
- *wə-yāḏ*
- conjunction with noun, feminine singular - 'and hand'
- *tišləḥû*
- qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural - 'you shall send/stretch out'
- *haṣṣîl*
- hiphil infinitive construct - 'to deliver'
- *mî-yāḏām*
- preposition with noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'from their hand'
- *la-hăšîḇô*
- preposition with hiphil infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'to return him'
- *ʾāḇîw*
- noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'his father'