- *wayyišməʿû*
- qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they heard
- *bənê-Yiśrāʾēl*
- construct + proper noun - children of Israel
- *lēʾmōr*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying
- *hinnēh*
- demonstrative particle - behold
- *bānû*
- qal perfect, 3rd common plural - 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
- *ʾet-hammizbēaḥ*
- direct object marker + definite article + noun - the altar
- *ʾel-mûl*
- preposition + noun - toward the front of
- *ʾereṣ Kənaʿan*
- construct + proper noun - land of Canaan
- *ʾel-gəlîlôt haYardēn*
- preposition + construct + definite article + proper noun - to the regions of the Jordan
- *ʾel-ʿēber bənê Yiśrāʾēl*
- preposition + construct + construct + proper noun - to the side of the children of Israel