- *ʾak-šāwʾ*
- adverb + masculine singular noun - surely emptiness/vanity
- *lōʾ-yišmaʿ*
- negative particle + imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - does not hear
- *ʾēl*
- masculine singular noun - God
- *wə-šadday*
- conjunction + masculine singular noun - and the Almighty
- *lōʾ*
- negative particle - not
- *yəšûrennāh*
- imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - he does not regard it