- *wə-hāyâ*
- waw consecutive + qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - and it happened/was
- *zāraʿ*
- qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - sowed/planted
- *wə-ʿālâ*
- waw consecutive + qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - and came up/ascended
- *wa-ʿămālēq*
- waw conjunction + proper noun - and Amalek
- *bənê-qedem*
- construct noun phrase - sons/people of the east
- *wə-ʿālû*
- waw consecutive + qal perfect 3rd person plural - and they came up/ascended
- *ʿālāyw*
- preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - against him/it