- *ʾănî*
- independent personal pronoun, 1st person singular - 'I'
- *yādaʿ*
- Qal perfect, 1st person singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'knew you'
- *midbār*
- noun, masculine singular with definite article - 'the wilderness'
- *ʾereṣ*
- noun, feminine singular construct - 'land of'
- *talʾūbôt*
- noun, feminine plural - 'droughts/burning heat'