- *kî ʾim*
- conjunction + conditional particle - but rather
- *ʾet-haddābār*
- direct object marker + definite article + masculine singular noun - this word/thing
- *hazzeh*
- masculine singular demonstrative adjective - this
- *ṣiwwîtî*
- piel perfect 1st person singular - I commanded
- *ʾôtām*
- direct object marker + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
- *lēʾmōr*
- qal infinitive construct - saying
- *šimʿû*
- qal imperative masculine plural - listen/hear/obey
- *bəqôlî*
- preposition + masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - to my voice
- *wəhāyîtî*
- qal perfect 1st person singular with vav consecutive - and I will be
- *lākem*
- preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for you
- *lēʾlōhîm*
- preposition + masculine plural noun - as God
- *wəʾattem*
- conjunction + 2nd person masculine plural pronoun - and you
- *tihyû-lî*
- qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural + preposition with 1st person singular suffix - you will be to me
- *ləʿām*
- preposition + masculine singular noun - as a people
- *wahalaktem*
- qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural with vav consecutive - and you shall walk
- *bəkol-hadderek*
- preposition + noun + definite article + masculine singular noun - in all the way
- *ʾăšer*
- relative pronoun - which/that
- *ʾăṣawweh*
- piel imperfect 1st person singular - I command
- *ʾetkem*
- direct object marker + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you
- *ləmaʿan*
- preposition + conjunction - so that/in order that
- *yîṭab*
- qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will be good