- *wayyiškôn*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he dwells
- *ʿārîm*
- noun, feminine plural - cities
- *niḵḥādôt*
- niphal participle, feminine plural - desolate
- *bāttîm*
- noun, masculine plural - houses
- *lōʾ-yēšḇû*
- negative particle + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they do not dwell
- *lāmô*
- preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in them
- *ʾăšer*
- relative pronoun - which
- *hitʿattədû*
- hithpael perfect, 3rd common plural - are ready
- *ləḡallîm*
- preposition + noun, masculine plural - for ruins