- *wə-bānû*
- conjunction + perfect verb, 3rd person plural - and they built
- *bāmôt*
- feminine plural construct - high places of
- *ha-tōpet*
- definite article + proper noun - the Tophet
- *ʾăšer*
- relative pronoun - which/that
- *gêʾ*
- construct noun - valley of
- *ben-hinnōm*
- compound noun - son of Hinnom
- *liśrōp*
- preposition + infinitive construct - to burn
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *bənêhem*
- masculine plural noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their sons
- *wə-ʾet*
- conjunction + direct object marker
- *bənôtêhem*
- feminine plural noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their daughters
- *ʾēš*
- feminine singular noun - fire
- *ṣiwwîtî*
- perfect verb, 1st person singular - I commanded
- *wə-lōʾ*
- conjunction + negative particle - and not
- *ʿālətâ*
- perfect verb, 3rd person feminine singular - it came up
- *libbî*
- masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my heart