- *ʾal-tibkû*
- negative particle + imperfect, 2nd masculine plural, qal, jussive - do not weep
- *lᵉ-mēt*
- preposition + participle, masculine singular, qal - for the dead
- *wᵉ-ʾal-tānudû*
- conjunction + negative particle + imperfect, 2nd masculine plural, qal, jussive - and do not mourn
- *lô*
- preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - for him
- *bᵉkû bākô*
- imperative, masculine plural, qal + infinitive absolute, qal - weep intensely
- *la-hōlēk*
- preposition + participle, masculine singular, qal - for the one going
- *kî*
- conjunction - for/because
- *lōʾ*
- negative particle - not
- *yāšûb*
- imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal - he will return
- *ʿôd*
- adverb - again/still/yet
- *wᵉ-rāʾāh*
- conjunction + perfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal - and see
- *ʾet-ʾereṣ*
- direct object marker + noun, feminine singular construct - the land of
- *môladtô*
- noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his birth/native land