- *hă*
- interrogative particle - is?
- *ḇēn yaqqîr lî*
- masculine singular noun + adjective + preposition + 1st person singular suffix - precious son to me
- *ʾep̄rayim*
- proper noun - Ephraim
- *ʾim*
- conjunction - or/indeed
- *yeleḏ šaʿăšuʿîm*
- masculine singular noun + masculine plural noun - child of delights
- *kî*
- conjunction - for/because
- *middê dabbrî*
- preposition + construct noun + piel infinitive construct + 1st person singular suffix - as often as my speaking
- *bô*
- preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in him
- *zāḵōr ʾezkkərennu*
- infinitive absolute + qal imperfect 1st person singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - remembering I will remember him (emphatic)
- *ʿôḏ*
- adverb - still/yet
- *ʿal-kēn*
- preposition + adverb - therefore
- *hāmû*
- qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they yearn/moan
- *mēʿay*
- masculine plural noun + 1st person singular suffix - my bowels/inward parts
- *lô*
- preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - for him
- *raḥēm ʾăraḥămennu*
- infinitive absolute + piel imperfect 1st person singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - compassionating I will have compassion on him (emphatic)
- *nəʾum-YHWH*
- construct phrase - declaration of YHWH