- *šāmaʿ*
- Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has heard
- *melek*
- masculine singular noun, construct - king of
- *bābel*
- proper noun - Babylon
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *šimʿām*
- masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - report of them
- *wĕ*
- conjunction - and
- *rāpû*
- Qal perfect, 3rd plural - they have become weak
- *yādāyw*
- feminine dual noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hands
- *ṣārâ*
- feminine singular noun - distress/anguish
- *heḥĕzîqatĕhû*
- Hiphil perfect, 3rd feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - it has seized him
- *ḥîl*
- masculine singular noun - pain/writhing
- *ka*
- preposition - like/as
- *hayyôlēdâ*
- definite article + Qal participle, feminine singular - the woman giving birth