- *kî-kōh*
- conjunction + adverb - for thus
- *ʾāmar*
- perfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal - he said/spoke
- *YHWH*
- proper noun - divine name
- *ʿal-bêt*
- preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - concerning house of
- *melek*
- noun, masculine singular construct - king of
- *Yᵉhûdāh*
- proper noun - Judah
- *Gilʿād*
- proper noun - Gilead
- *ʾattāh*
- 2nd person masculine singular pronoun - you
- *lî*
- preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me
- *rōʾš*
- noun, masculine singular construct - head of
- *ha-llᵉbānôn*
- definite article + proper noun - the Lebanon
- *ʾim-lōʾ*
- conditional particle + negative particle - if not (formula for oath)
- *ʾăšîtᵉkā*
- imperfect, 1st singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix, qal - I will make you
- *midbār*
- noun, masculine singular - wilderness/desert
- *ʿārîm*
- noun, feminine plural - cities
- *lōʾ*
- negative particle - not
- *nôšābû*
- perfect, 3rd common plural, niphal - they are inhabited