- *wa-yōʾmer*
- conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
- *yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *rab*
- adjective, masculine singular - much/great/enough
- *ʿôd*
- adverb - still/yet
- *yôsēp*
- proper noun - Joseph
- *bənî*
- noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my son
- *ḥāy*
- adjective, masculine singular - alive
- *ʾēləkāh*
- verb, qal imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - let me go
- *wə-ʾerʾennû*
- conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and I will see him
- *bəṭerem*
- adverb - before
- *ʾāmût*
- verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I die