- *wa-yyiqrāʾ*
- conjunction + qal imperfect (consecutive), 3ms - and he called
- *rāʿāb*
- noun, masculine singular - famine
- *ʾāreṣ*
- noun, feminine singular - land/earth
- *maṭṭēh*
- noun, masculine singular construct - staff of
- *leḥem*
- noun, masculine singular - bread/food
- *šābār*
- qal perfect, 3ms - he broke