- *mədabbēr*
- piel participle masculine singular - speaking
- *bāʾ*
- qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - came
- *wa-yōʾmar*
- conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and said
- *kaśdîm*
- proper noun - Chaldeans
- *śāmû*
- qal perfect 3rd common plural - they set
- *rāʾšîm*
- masculine plural noun - heads/bands/companies
- *wa-yipšəṭû*
- conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they raided
- *gəmallîm*
- masculine plural noun with definite article - the camels
- *wa-yiqqāḥûm*
- conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and took them
- *nəʿārîm*
- masculine plural noun with definite article - the servants
- *hikkû*
- hiphil perfect 3rd common plural - they struck
- *pî-ḥāreb*
- masculine singular construct + feminine singular noun - edge of sword
- *wā-ʾimmālṭâ*
- conjunction + niphal imperfect 1st common singular cohortative - and I escaped
- *ləbaddî*
- preposition + masculine singular noun + 1st common singular suffix - by myself
- *lə-haggîd*
- preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to tell