- *wə-yəhî*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect 3ms apocopated - and it happened
- *ki-šəmōaʿ*
- preposition + Qal infinitive construct - when heard
- *ha-melek*
- article + noun, masculine singular - the king
- *ʾet-dibrê*
- direct object marker + noun, masculine plural construct - words of
- *hā-ʾiššāh*
- article + noun, feminine singular - the woman
- *wə-yiqraʿ*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he tore
- *ʾet-bəgādāyw*
- direct object marker + noun, masculine plural + 3ms suffix - his clothes
- *wə-hûʾ*
- conjunction + independent personal pronoun 3ms - and he
- *ʿōbēr*
- Qal participle ms - passing
- *ʿal-ha-ḥōmāh*
- preposition + article + noun, feminine singular - on the wall
- *wə-yarʾ*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect 3ms - and saw
- *hā-ʿām*
- article + noun, masculine singular - the people
- *wə-hinnēh*
- conjunction + demonstrative particle - and behold
- *ha-śaq*
- article + noun, masculine singular - the sackcloth
- *ʿal-bəśārô*
- preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3ms suffix - on his flesh/body
- *mi-bāyit*
- preposition + noun, masculine singular - underneath/within