- *wayyōʾmer*
- waw-consecutive with 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect - and he said
- *hărāʾîtā*
- interrogative particle with 2nd masculine singular qal perfect - have you seen?
- *ben*
- masculine singular construct noun - son of
- *ʾādām*
- masculine singular noun - man/mankind
- *ziqnê*
- masculine plural construct noun - elders of
- *bêt*
- masculine singular construct noun - house of
- *yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *ʿōśîm*
- masculine plural qal participle - doing
- *ḥōšek*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the darkness
- *ʾîš*
- masculine singular noun - each man
- *ḥadrê*
- masculine plural construct noun - chambers of
- *maśkîtô*
- feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his carved image/imagination
- *ʾōmərîm*
- masculine plural qal participle - saying
- *YHWH*
- divine name - Yahweh/LORD
- *rōʾeh*
- masculine singular qal participle - seeing
- *ʿāzab*
- 3rd masculine singular qal perfect - has forsaken/abandoned
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *ʾāreṣ*
- feminine singular noun with definite article - the land