- *yōʾmrû*
- verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - they said
- *ʾîš*
- noun, masculine singular - man/each
- *ʾāḥîw*
- noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his brother
- *ʾăḇāl*
- adverb - truly/indeed/however
- *ʾăšēmîm*
- adjective, masculine plural - guilty
- *ʾănaḥnû*
- pronoun, 1st person common plural - we
- *ʾāḥînû*
- noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person common plural suffix - our brother
- *ʾăšer*
- relative pronoun - who/which/that
- *rāʾînû*
- verb, qal perfect, 1st person common plural - we saw
- *ṣārat*
- noun, feminine singular construct - distress of
- *nap̄šô*
- noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul
- *hiṯḥannô*
- verb, hithpael infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his pleading
- *šāmāʿnû*
- verb, qal perfect, 1st person common plural - we heard/listened
- *kēn*
- adverb - thus/so/therefore
- *bāʾāh*
- verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she came/has come
- *ṣārāh*
- noun, feminine singular - distress/trouble
- *zōʾṯ*
- demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this