- *wa-yaʿan*
- conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular apocopated - and he answered
- *hā-ʿām*
- definite article + noun, masculine singular - the people
- *wa-yōʾmer*
- conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular apocopated - and he said
- *ḥālîlāh*
- interjection - far be it
- *lānû*
- preposition + 1st person plural suffix - to us
- *mē-ʿăzōb*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - from forsaking/abandoning
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *YHWH*
- divine name, tetragrammaton
- *la-ʿăbōd*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - to serve
- *ʾĕlōhîm*
- noun, masculine plural - gods
- *ʾăḥērîm*
- adjective, masculine plural - other