- *Shimʿû*
- imperative, masculine plural - hear/listen
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *ha-dābār*
- definite article + noun, masculine singular - the word/matter
- *ha-zeh*
- definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
- *ʾăsher*
- relative pronoun - which/that
- *ʾānōkhî*
- personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
- *nōśēʾ*
- participle, qal, masculine singular - lifting/taking up/bearing
- *qînāh*
- noun, feminine singular - lamentation/dirge
- *bêt*
- construct form of *bayit*, masculine - house of
- *yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel