- *kî*
- conjunction - for/because
- *hû'*
- 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he
- *ʾāmar*
- qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - said/spoke
- *wa-yehi*
- qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with consecutive waw - and it was/became
- *ṣiwwāh*
- piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - commanded
- *wa-yaʿămōd*
- qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with consecutive waw - and it stood