- *yəhî*
- qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular consecutive jussive - it happened
- *kəhazkîrô*
- preposition + hiphil infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - as he mentioned
- *'et*
- direct object marker
- *'ărôn*
- masculine singular construct - ark of
- *'ĕlōhîm*
- masculine plural noun with definite article - the God
- *yippōl*
- qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular consecutive - he fell
- *kissē'*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the seat
- *'ăḥōrannît*
- adverb - backward
- *bə'ad*
- preposition - beside, through
- *yad*
- feminine singular construct - hand, side of
- *ša'ar*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the gate
- *tiššāvēr*
- niphal imperfect 3rd feminine singular consecutive - was broken
- *mapəraqtô*
- feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his neck
- *yāmōt*
- qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular consecutive - he died
- *kî*
- conjunction - for, because
- *zāqēn*
- adjective masculine singular - old
- *'îš*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the man
- *wəkāvēd*
- conjunction + adjective masculine singular - and heavy
- *wəhû'*
- conjunction + 3rd masculine singular personal pronoun - and he
- *šāpaṭ*
- qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he judged
- *yiśrā'ēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *'arbā'îm*
- cardinal number - forty
- *šānāh*
- feminine singular noun - year