- *wə-yōʾmərû*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they said
- *bî*
- preposition + 1st common singular suffix - please/by your leave (lit: in me)
- *ʾăḏōnî*
- noun, masculine singular + 1st common singular suffix - my lord
- *yārōḏ*
- Qal infinitive absolute - going down/descending
- *yāraḏnû*
- Qal perfect, 1st common plural - we went down/descended
- *ba-təḥillâ*
- preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - at the beginning/at first
- *lišbār*
- preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to buy
- *ʾōḵel*
- noun, masculine singular - food/grain