- *wa-*
- consecutive conjunction - and
- *wayyōʾmərû*
- verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - they said
- *lāmāh*
- interrogative adverb - why
- *YHWH*
- proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
- *ʾĕlōhê*
- noun, masculine, plural construct - God of
- *Yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *hāytāh*
- verb, qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - has happened/came to be
- *zōʾt*
- demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this
- *bə-Yiśrāʾēl*
- preposition + proper noun - in Israel
- *lə-hippāqēd*
- preposition + verb, niphal infinitive construct - to be missing/to be absent
- *ha-yôm*
- noun with definite article - the day/today
- *mi-Yiśrāʾēl*
- preposition + proper noun - from Israel
- *šēbeṭ*
- noun, masculine, singular - tribe
- *ʾeḥād*
- numeral, masculine - one