- *hāyâ*
- Qal imperfect, 1st person singular jussive - 'let me be'
- *melek*
- noun, masculine singular - 'king'
- *ʾēp̄ôʾ*
- interrogative particle - 'now/then/where'
- *wə-*
- conjunction - 'and'
- *yāšaʿ*
- Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular jussive with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'let him save you'
- *ʿîr*
- noun, feminine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your cities'
- *šōp̄eṭ*
- Qal participle, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your judges'
- *ʾăšer*
- relative pronoun - 'whom/about whom'
- *ʾāmar*
- Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - 'you said'
- *wə-śar*
- conjunction + noun, masculine plural - 'and princes'