- *wə*
- conjunction - and
- *ha*
- definite article - the
- *nōḡəśîm*
- qal participle, masculine plural - taskmasters
- *ʾāṣîm*
- qal participle, masculine plural - pressing, urging
- *lēʾmōr*
- qal infinitive construct - saying
- *kallû*
- piel imperative, masculine plural - complete!
- *maʿăśêḵem*
- noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your works
- *dəḇar*
- noun, masculine singular construct - matter of
- *yôm*
- noun, masculine singular - day
- *bə*
- preposition - in
- *yômô*
- noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its day
- *ka*
- preposition - as, like
- *ʾăšer*
- relative particle - when
- *bi*
- preposition - in, when
- *hyôṯ*
- qal infinitive construct - being
- *teḇen*
- noun, masculine singular - straw