- *hôy*
- interjection - woe/ah/alas
- *rāb*
- qal participle, masculine singular - striving/contending
- *yōṣĕrô*
- qal participle, masculine singular with 3rd person suffix - its maker/its former
- *ḥereś*
- masculine singular noun - potsherd/earthenware
- *ḥarśê*
- masculine plural construct - potsherds of
- *ʾădāmâ*
- feminine singular noun - ground/earth
- *hăyōʾmar*
- qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with interrogative prefix - shall it say?
- *ḥōmer*
- masculine singular noun - clay/material
- *taʿăśeh*
- qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you do/you make
- *pāʿolkā*
- masculine singular noun with 2nd person suffix - your work
- *ʾên*
- particle of negation - there is not/there is no
- *yādayim*
- feminine dual noun - hands