- *Bôšî*
- qal imperative, feminine singular - be ashamed
- *Ṣîdôn*
- proper noun - Sidon
- *kî*
- conjunction - for/because
- *ʾāmar*
- qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has said
- *yām*
- noun, masculine singular - sea
- *māʿôz*
- noun, masculine singular construct - stronghold of
- *hayyām*
- definite article + noun, masculine singular - the sea
- *lēʾmōr*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying
- *ḥaltî*
- qal perfect, 1st singular - I have travailed/labored in birth
- *yāladtî*
- qal perfect, 1st singular - I have given birth
- *giddaltî*
- piel perfect, 1st singular - I have raised
- *baḥûrîm*
- noun, masculine plural - young men
- *rômamtî*
- polel perfect, 1st singular - I have brought up
- *bĕtûlôt*
- noun, feminine plural - virgins/maidens