- *wannōʾmer*
- waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 1st person common plural - and we said
- *ʾel*
- preposition - to
- *ʾădōnî*
- masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my lord
- *yeš*
- existential particle - there is
- *lānû*
- preposition with 1st person common plural suffix - to us
- *ʾāb*
- masculine singular noun - a father
- *zāqēn*
- masculine singular adjective - old
- *wəyeled*
- waw-conjunction + masculine singular noun - and a child
- *zəqunîm*
- masculine plural noun - old age
- *qāṭān*
- masculine singular adjective - small/young
- *wəʾāḥîw*
- waw-conjunction + masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his brother
- *mēt*
- Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is dead
- *wayyiwwātēr*
- waw-consecutive + Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he was left
- *hûʾ*
- 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he
- *ləbaddô*
- preposition + masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - by himself
- *ləʾimmô*
- preposition + feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his mother
- *wəʾābîw*
- waw-conjunction + masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his father
- *ʾăhēbô*
- Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - loves him