- *wa-yəhî*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it was/happened
- *yāmîm*
- noun, masculine plural - days
- *mê*
- construct plural of *mayim* - waters of
- *mabbûl*
- noun, masculine singular - flood/deluge
- *hāyû*
- qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they were
- *ʾāreṣ*
- noun, feminine singular - earth/land