- *ʾeykh*
- interrogative adverb - how
- *nigdaʿ*
- Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it has been cut down/hewn down
- *yishshaver*
- Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and it has been broken
- *pattish*
- noun, masculine singular - hammer
- *ʾarets*
- noun, feminine singular + definite article - the land/earth
- *haytah*
- perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she has become
- *lə-shammah*
- preposition + noun, feminine singular - to desolation/horror
- *bavel*
- proper noun - Babylon
- *goyim*
- noun, masculine plural + definite article - the nations