- *wa-hăšibōtî*
- conjunction + Hiphil perfect 1st person singular - and I withdrew/turned back
- *ʾet-yādî*
- direct object marker + noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my hand
- *wā-ʾaʿaś*
- conjunction + Qal imperfect 1st person singular - and I acted
- *ləmaʿan*
- preposition + noun, masculine singular - for the sake of
- *šəmî*
- noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my name
- *ləbiltî*
- preposition + negative particle - to not, so as not to
- *hēḥēl*
- Niphal infinitive construct - to be profaned
- *lə-ʿênê*
- preposition + noun, feminine dual construct - before the eyes of
- *ha-gôyim*
- definite article + noun, masculine plural - the nations
- *ʾăšer*
- relative pronoun - which
- *hôṣēʾtî*
- Hiphil perfect 1st person singular - I brought out
- *ʾôtām*
- direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
- *lə-ʿênêhem*
- preposition + noun, feminine dual construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - before their eyes