- *wayyābōʾû*
- qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they came
- *ʾel-gəlîlôt haYardēn*
- preposition + construct + definite article + proper noun - to the region of the Jordan
- *ʾăšer bəʾereṣ Kənaʿan*
- relative pronoun + preposition + construct + proper noun - which is in the land of Canaan
- *wayyibnû*
- qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they built
- *bənê-Rəʾûbēn*
- construct + proper noun - sons of Reuben
- *ûbənê-Gād*
- conjunctive waw + construct + proper noun - and sons of Gad
- *waḥăṣî šēbeṭ haMənaššeh*
- conjunctive waw + construct + construct + definite article + proper noun - and half the tribe of Manasseh
- *šām*
- adverb - there
- *mizbēaḥ*
- noun, masculine singular - altar
- *ʿal-haYardēn*
- preposition + definite article + proper noun - by the Jordan
- *mizbēaḥ gādôl*
- noun, masculine singular + adjective, masculine singular - large altar
- *ləmarʾeh*
- preposition + noun - to appearance/for seeing