- *ʾăšer*
- relative particle - which/that
- *šāmaʿnû*
- qal perfect, 1st person plural - we have heard
- *wannēḏāʿēm*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 1st person plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and we knew them
- *waʾăḇôtênû*
- waw conjunctive + noun, masculine plural with 1st person plural suffix - and our fathers
- *sippərû-lānû*
- piel perfect, 3rd person plural + preposition with 1st person plural suffix - they recounted/told to us