- *Ēn*
- imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was
- *de*
- conjunction, postpositive particle - but/and/now
- *Maria*
- nominative, feminine, singular - Mary
- *Magdalēnē*
- nominative, feminine, singular - Magdalene
- *kathēmenai*
- present middle participle, nominative, feminine, plural - sitting
- *taphou*
- genitive, masculine, singular - of the tomb/grave