- *wə*
- conjunction - and
- *hāyâ*
- perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be
- *kî*
- conjunction - when/that
- *tō'mərû*
- imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will say
- *taḥat*
- preposition - because/instead of
- *meh*
- interrogative - what
- *'āśâ*
- perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he did
- *YHWH*
- divine name - Yahweh
- *'ĕlōhênû*
- noun, masculine plural + 1st plural suffix - our God
- *lānû*
- preposition + 1st plural suffix - to us
- *'et*
- direct object marker
- *kol*
- noun, masculine singular construct - all
- *'ēlleh*
- demonstrative pronoun, plural - these
- *'āmartā*
- perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will say
- *'ălêhem*
- preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them
- *ka'ăšer*
- conjunction - as/just as
- *'ăzabtem*
- perfect, 2nd masculine plural - you forsook
- *'ôtî*
- direct object marker + 1st singular suffix - me
- *watta'abdû*
- imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you served
- *'ĕlōhê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - gods of
- *nēkār*
- noun, masculine singular - foreignness/foreign
- *bə*
- preposition - in
- *'arṣəkem*
- noun, feminine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your land
- *kēn*
- adverb - thus/so
- *ta'abdû*
- imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will serve
- *zārîm*
- adjective, masculine plural - strangers/foreigners
- *'ereṣ*
- noun, feminine singular - land
- *lō'*
- negative particle - not
- *lākem*
- preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - to you/yours