- *šāmôaʿ šāmaʿtî*
- infinitive absolute + qal perfect 1st person singular - hearing I heard (emphatic)
- *ʾep̄rayim*
- proper noun - Ephraim
- *mitnôḏēḏ*
- hithpael participle masculine singular - mourning/lamenting himself
- *yissartanî*
- piel perfect 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person suffix - you have disciplined me
- *wā-ʾiwwāsēr*
- conjunction + niphal imperfect 1st person singular - and I was disciplined
- *kəʿēḡel*
- preposition + masculine singular noun - like a calf
- *lōʾ lummāḏ*
- negative particle + pual participle masculine singular - not trained
- *hăšîḇēnî*
- hiphil imperative masculine singular + 1st person suffix - cause me to return/restore me
- *wə-ʾāšûḇāh*
- conjunction + qal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - and I will return
- *kî*
- conjunction - for/because
- *ʾattāh*
- 2nd person masculine singular pronoun - you
- *YHWH ʾĕlōhāy*
- divine name + noun + 1st person singular suffix - YHWH my God