- *wə-yišʾal*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he asked
- *lāhem*
- preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them
- *lə-šālôm*
- preposition + noun, masculine singular - about welfare
- *wə-yōʾmer*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *hă-šālôm*
- interrogative particle + noun, masculine singular - is well
- *ʾăḇîḵem*
- noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your father
- *zāqēn*
- adjective, masculine singular - old
- *ʾăšer*
- relative pronoun - whom
- *ʾămartem*
- Qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - you said/told
- *ha-ʿôḏennû*
- interrogative particle + adverb + 3rd masculine singular suffix - is he still
- *ḥāy*
- adjective, masculine singular - alive