- *ʾAmartem*
- Qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - you have said
- *shawʾ*
- noun, masculine singular - futile/worthless
- *ʿavod*
- Qal infinitive construct - to serve
- *ʾElohim*
- noun, masculine plural - God
- *u-mah*
- waw conjunction + interrogative pronoun - and what
- *betsaʿ*
- noun, masculine singular - profit/gain
- *ki*
- conjunction - that/because
- *shamarnu*
- Qal perfect, 1st common plural - we have kept
- *mishmaarto*
- noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his charge/requirement
- *we-khi*
- waw conjunction + conjunction - and that/because
- *halakhnu*
- Qal perfect, 1st common plural - we have walked
- *qedoranit*
- adverb - in mourning/mournfully
- *mi-pene*
- preposition + noun, plural construct - from before/because of
- *YHWH*
- divine name - Yahweh/LORD
- *tsevaʾot*
- noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies