- *wa*
- conjunction - and
- *ttiḇḥar*
- verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it chooses
- *maḥănāq*
- noun, masculine singular - strangling/suffocation
- *nafshî*
- noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul
- *māweṯ*
- noun, masculine singular - death
- *mê*
- preposition - from/than
- *'atsmôṯāy*
- noun, feminine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my bones