- *wə-lōʾ*
- conjunction + negative particle - and not
- *yiwwādaʿ*
- 3rd masculine singular imperfect, Niphal - it will be known
- *śāḇāʿ*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the abundance
- *ʾāreṣ*
- feminine singular noun with definite article - the land
- *rāʿāḇ*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the famine
- *kî*
- conjunction - for/because
- *ḵāḇēd*
- masculine singular adjective - heavy/severe
- *məʾōd*
- adverb - very/exceedingly