- *šāma'tā*
- Qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have heard
- *mērāḥôq*
- noun masculine singular with prefix - from afar/from distant times
- *'ōtāh*
- direct object marker with 3rd feminine singular suffix - it
- *'āśîtî*
- Qal perfect 1st person common singular - I did/made
- *yᵊmê*
- noun masculine plural construct - days of
- *qedem*
- noun masculine singular - ancient times/east
- *wîṣartîhā*
- Qal perfect 1st person common singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix with waw consecutive - and I formed it
- *hăḇê'tîhā*
- Hiphil perfect 1st person common singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - I have brought it to pass
- *tᵊhî*
- Qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular jussive - let it be
- *gallîm*
- noun masculine plural - heaps/waves/ruins
- *niṣṣîm*
- Niphal participle masculine plural - devastated/ruined
- *'ārîm*
- noun feminine plural - cities
- *bᵊṣurôt*
- adjective feminine plural - fortified