- *wa-yōʾmer*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *YHWH*
- proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
- *ḥastā*
- Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you pitied/spared
- *haqqîqāyôn*
- definite article + noun, masculine singular - the plant/gourd
- *ʿāmaltā*
- Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you labored/toiled
- *giddaltô*
- Piel perfect, 2nd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - you made it grow
- *ben*
- noun, masculine singular construct - son of
- *laylāh*
- noun, masculine singular - night
- *hāyāh*
- Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it was/came into being
- *ʾābād*
- Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it perished/was destroyed