- *wə-lōʾ*
- conjunction + negative particle - and do not
- *tāsûrû*
- qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - turn aside
- *kî*
- conjunction - for/after
- *ʾaḥărê*
- preposition - after
- *ha-tōhû*
- definite article + noun masculine singular - the emptiness
- *ʾăšer*
- relative pronoun - which
- *lōʾ*-*yôʿîlû*
- negative particle + hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - do not profit
- *yaṣṣîlû*
- hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - deliver
- *kî*-*tōhû*
- conjunction + noun masculine singular - for emptiness
- *hēmmāh*
- 3rd person masculine plural independent pronoun - they are