- *wa-yōʾmer*
- conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular apocopated - and he said
- *hā-ʿām*
- definite article + noun, masculine singular - the people
- *ʾel*
- preposition - to/toward
- *yəhôšuaʿ*
- proper noun - Joshua
- *lōʾ*
- negative particle - no
- *kî*
- conjunction - but/rather
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *YHWH*
- divine name, tetragrammaton
- *naʿăbōd*
- qal imperfect, 1st person plural - we will serve