- *wə-yōʾmərû*
- conjunction wə- + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said
- *lô*
- preposition lə- + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
- *ʾanšê*
- noun masculine plural construct - men of
- *hā-ʿîr*
- definite article + noun feminine singular - the city
- *ba-yôm*
- preposition bə- + definite article + noun masculine singular - on the day
- *ha-šəbîʿî*
- definite article + ordinal adjective masculine singular - the seventh
- *bə-ṭerem*
- preposition bə- + adverb - before
- *yābōʾ*
- Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he would come
- *ha-ḥarsâ*
- definite article + noun feminine singular - the sun
- *mah-mmātôq*
- interrogative + adjective masculine singular - what [is] sweeter
- *mi-dəbaš*
- preposition min + noun masculine singular - than honey
- *ū-meh*
- conjunction wə- + interrogative - and what
- *ʿaz*
- adjective masculine singular - [is] stronger
- *mē-ʾărî*
- preposition min + noun masculine singular - than a lion
- *wə-yōʾmer*
- conjunction wə- + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *lāhem*
- preposition lə- + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them
- *lûlēʾ*
- conjunction - if not
- *ḥăraštem*
- Qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - you had plowed
- *bə-ʿeglātî*
- preposition bə- + noun feminine singular with 1st singular suffix - with my heifer
- *lōʾ*
- negative particle - not
- *məṣāʾtem*
- Qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - you would have found out
- *ḥîdātî*
- noun feminine singular with 1st singular suffix - my riddle