- *mî*
- interrogative pronoun - who
- *hûʾ*
- pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he
- *yārîb*
- verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will contend
- *ʿimmādî*
- preposition with 1st person singular suffix - with me
- *kî*
- conjunction - for/because/that
- *ʿattâ*
- adverb - now
- *ʾaḥărîš*
- verb, Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will be silent
- *weʾegwāʿ*
- conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I will expire/die