- *û-dəmût*
- conjunction + feminine singular construct - and likeness of
- *ʿal-rāʾšê*
- preposition + masculine plural construct - upon/over heads of
- *ha-ḥayyâ*
- definite article + feminine singular noun - the living creature [collective]
- *rāqîaʿ*
- masculine singular noun - firmament/expanse
- *kə-ʿên*
- preposition + construct form - like the appearance of
- *ha-qeraḥ*
- definite article + masculine singular noun - the ice/crystal
- *ha-nôrāʾ*
- definite article + niphal participle masculine singular - the awesome/terrible
- *nāṭûy*
- qal passive participle masculine singular - stretched out/spread out
- *ʿal-rāʾšêhem*
- preposition + masculine plural noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - over their heads
- *milmāʿəlâ*
- preposition + adverb - from above/upward