- *yeḥšəkû*
- verb, Qal imperfect jussive, 3rd masculine plural - let them grow dark
- *kôkəbê*
- noun, masculine plural construct - stars of
- *nišpô*
- noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its twilight
- *yəqaw-ləʾôr*
- verb, Piel imperfect jussive, 3rd masculine singular + preposition + noun - let it wait for light
- *wāʾāyin*
- conjunction + particle of negation - but there is none
- *wəʾal-yirʾeh*
- conjunction + negative particle + verb, Qal imperfect jussive, 3rd masculine singular - and let it not see
- *bəʿapʿappê-šāḥar*
- preposition + noun, feminine dual construct + noun - in the eyelids of dawn