- *wə-yiptaḥ*
- conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he opened
- *ʿezrāʾ*
- proper name - Ezra
- *hassēper*
- definite noun, masculine singular - the book/scroll
- *ləʿênê*
- preposition + construct noun, feminine dual - to eyes of/in sight of
- *hāʿām*
- definite noun, masculine singular - the people
- *kî-mēʿal*
- conjunction + preposition - for above
- *hāyâ*
- qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he was
- *ûkəpitḥô*
- conjunction + preposition + qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and when he opened it
- *ʿāmədû*
- qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they stood