- *wa-yaʿănû*
- waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they answered
- *bənê-rəʾûbēn*
- construct noun + proper noun - sons/children of Reuben
- *û-bənê-gād*
- waw-conjunctive + construct noun + proper noun - and sons/children of Gad
- *wa-ḥăṣî*
- waw-conjunctive + noun - and half
- *šēbet*
- noun, masculine singular construct - tribe of
- *ha-mənaššeh*
- definite article + proper noun - the Manasseh
- *wa-yədabbərû*
- waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they spoke
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *rāʾšê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - heads of
- *ʾalpê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - thousands of
- *yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel