- *Wa-yirʾû*
- waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they saw
- *ʾăḥê*
- masculine plural construct - brothers of
- *Yôsēp̱*
- proper noun - Joseph
- *mēṯ*
- qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he died
- *ʾăḇîhem*
- masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their father
- *wa-yōʾmrû*
- waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they said
- *yiśṭəmēnû*
- qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 1st common plural suffix - he will hate us
- *hāšēḇ*
- hiphil infinitive absolute - returning
- *yāšîḇ*
- hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will return/repay
- *hā-rāʿāh*
- definite article + feminine singular noun - the evil
- *gāmalnû*
- qal perfect, 1st common plural - we did/repaid
- *ʾōṯô*
- direct object marker with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him