- *bəṭerem*
- preposition with adverb - before
- *yēḏaʿ*
- imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he knows
- *naʿar*
- noun, masculine singular - boy/youth/lad
- *māʾōs*
- infinitive construct - to refuse/reject
- *rāʿ*
- adjective, masculine singular - evil/bad
- *bāḥōr*
- infinitive construct - to choose
- *tēʿāzēḇ*
- imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular, Niphal - it will be abandoned/forsaken
- *ʾăḏāmāh*
- noun, feminine singular - land/ground/soil
- *qāṣ*
- participle, masculine singular - dreading/loathing
- *məlāḵeyhā*
- noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her kings