- *wayyābōʾû*
- waw-consecutive qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they came
- *bĕnê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
- *yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Israel
- *lišbōr*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - to buy
- *habbāʾîm*
- definite article + qal participle, masculine plural - the ones coming
- *hāyāh*
- qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was/existed
- *hārāʿāb*
- definite article + noun, masculine singular - the famine
- *ʾereṣ*
- noun, feminine singular construct - land of
- *kĕnāʿan*
- proper noun - Canaan