- *ben*
- noun masculine singular construct - son of/aged
- *šəmōnîm*
- number - eighty
- *šānāh*
- noun feminine singular absolute - year
- *ʾānōkhî*
- pronoun 1st person singular - I
- *ha-yôm*
- article + noun masculine singular - today
- *ha-ʾēdaʿ*
- interrogative + qal imperfect 1st person singular - can I discern
- *bên*
- preposition - between
- *ṭôb*
- adjective masculine singular - good
- *lə-rāʿ*
- preposition + adjective masculine singular - to bad
- *ʾim*
- conditional particle - if
- *yiṭʿam*
- qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will taste
- *ʿabdəkhā*
- noun masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *ʾăšer*
- relative particle - that which
- *ʾōkhal*
- qal imperfect 1st person singular - I eat
- *wə-ʾet*
- conjunction + direct object marker
- *ʾešteh*
- qal imperfect 1st person singular - I drink
- *ʾešmaʿ*
- qal imperfect 1st person singular - I hear
- *ʿôd*
- adverb - still/anymore
- *bə-qôl*
- preposition + noun masculine singular construct - in the voice of
- *šārîm*
- qal participle masculine plural - singers
- *wə-šārôt*
- conjunction + qal participle feminine plural - and female singers
- *wə-lāmmāh*
- conjunction + interrogative - and why
- *yihyeh*
- qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he would be
- *lə-maśśāʾ*
- preposition + noun masculine singular - as a burden
- *ʾel*
- preposition - to/unto
- *ʾădōnî*
- noun masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my lord