- *wayyōʾmer*
- waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *hinnēh*
- interjection - behold/look
- *šāmaʿtî*
- qal perfect, 1st singular - I have heard
- *šeber*
- noun, masculine singular - grain/food/provisions
- *miṣrāyim*
- proper noun, locative - Egypt
- *rědû*
- qal imperative, masculine plural - go down
- *šāmmāh*
- adverb - there/to there
- *šibrû*
- qal imperative, masculine plural - buy grain
- *wěniḥyeh*
- waw-consecutive qal imperfect, 1st plural - and we will live
- *nāmût*
- qal imperfect, 1st plural - we will die