- *wə-yaʿaś*
- conjunction + imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he did
- *ʾělōhîm*
- masculine plural noun (used as singular) - God/god
- *kēn*
- adverb - thus/so
- *laylâ*
- masculine singular noun - night
- *hûʾ*
- 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - that
- *wə-yəhî*
- conjunction + imperfect 3rd person masculine singular apocopated - and there was
- *ḥōreḇ*
- masculine singular noun - dryness/drought
- *gizzâ*
- feminine singular noun - fleece
- *ləḇaddāh*
- preposition + noun + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - by itself
- *ʾāreṣ*
- feminine singular noun - land/earth/ground
- *hāyâ*
- perfect 3rd person masculine singular - was
- *ṭāl*
- masculine singular noun - dew