- *wə-təḥillênāh*
- waw consecutive with hiphil imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - and they began
- *šeḇaʿ*
- cardinal number - seven
- *šənê*
- noun feminine plural construct - years of
- *hārāʿāḇ*
- definite article + noun masculine singular - the famine
- *lāḇôʾ*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - to come
- *kaʾăšer*
- preposition + relative pronoun - just as
- *ʾāmar*
- qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said/had said
- *yôsēp̄*
- proper noun - Joseph
- *wə-yhî*
- waw consecutive with qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and there was
- *rāʿāḇ*
- noun masculine singular - famine
- *hāʾărāṣôt*
- definite article + noun feminine plural - the lands
- *ʾereṣ*
- noun feminine singular construct - land of
- *miṣrayim*
- proper noun - Egypt
- *hāyāh*
- qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - there was
- *lāḥem*
- noun masculine singular - bread/food