- *wayyarʾ*
- waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he saw
- *yôsēp̄*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Joseph
- *kî*
- conjunction - that/when/because
- *yāšît*
- Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he was placing
- *ʾābîw*
- noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his father
- *yad*
- noun, feminine singular construct - hand of
- *yĕmînô*
- noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his right
- *rōʾš*
- noun, masculine singular construct - head of
- *ʾep̄rayim*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Ephraim
- *wayyēraʿ*
- waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it was displeasing
- *bĕʿênāyw*
- preposition + noun, feminine dual construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his eyes
- *wayyitmōk*
- waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he grasped/held
- *lĕhāsîr*
- preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - to remove
- *ʾōtāh*
- direct object marker + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - it
- *mēʿal*
- preposition + preposition - from upon
- *mĕnaššeh*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Manasseh