- *wa-ʾănî*
- conjunction + 1st person singular independent pronoun - and I
- *wə-kāl-hā-ʿām*
- conjunction + noun construct + definite article + noun - and all the people
- *ʾăšer*
- relative particle - who/that
- *ʾittî*
- preposition + 1st person singular suffix - with me
- *niqrab*
- qal imperfect, 1st common plural - we will approach
- *ʾel-hā-ʿîr*
- preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - to the city
- *wə-hāyâ*
- waw consecutive + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it shall be
- *kî-yēṣəʾû*
- conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - when they come out
- *liqrātēnû*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct + 1st common plural suffix - to meet us
- *kaʾăšer*
- conjunction - as/like when
- *bā-rîʾšōnâ*
- preposition + definite article + adjective, feminine singular - at the first/before
- *wə-nasnû*
- waw consecutive + qal perfect, 1st common plural - and we will flee
- *lipnêhem*
- preposition + noun construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - before them