- *kî*
- conjunction - for/because
- *lōʾ*
- negative particle - not
- *hāyāh*
- qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - was
- *kol*
- noun masculine singular construct - all of
- *bêt*
- noun masculine singular construct - house of
- *ʾābî*
- noun masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my father
- *kî ʾim*
- conjunction phrase - but only/except
- *ʾanšê*
- noun masculine plural construct - men of
- *māwet*
- noun masculine singular - death
- *la-ʾdōnî*
- preposition + noun masculine singular construct with 1st person suffix - to my lord
- *melekh*
- noun masculine singular absolute - king
- *wa-tāšet*
- conjunction + qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - and you placed
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *ʿabdəkhā*
- noun masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant
- *bə-ʾōkhəlê*
- preposition + qal participle masculine plural construct - among those eating
- *šulḥānekha*
- noun masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your table
- *û-mah*
- conjunction + interrogative - and what
- *yeš*
- adverb of existence - there is
- *ʿôd*
- adverb - still/yet
- *ṣədāqāh*
- noun feminine singular absolute - righteousness/right/claim
- *wə-lizʿōq*
- conjunction + preposition + qal infinitive construct - and to cry out
- *ʾel*
- preposition - to/unto