- *wa-yəhî*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it happened
- *šāməʿî*
- qal infinitive construct + 1st person singular suffix - my hearing
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *ha-dəbārîm*
- definite article + masculine plural noun - the words/things
- *hā-ʾēlleh*
- definite article + demonstrative plural adjective - these
- *yāšabtî*
- qal perfect, 1st person singular - I sat/dwelt
- *wā-ʾebkeh*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I wept
- *wā-ʾetʾabbəlāh*
- waw consecutive + hithpael imperfect, 1st person singular - and I mourned
- *yāmîm*
- masculine plural noun - days
- *wā-ʾĕhî*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I was
- *ṣām*
- masculine singular adjective/participle - fasting
- *mitpallēl*
- hithpael participle, masculine singular - praying
- *ʾĕlōhê*
- masculine plural construct - God of
- *ha-šāmāyim*
- definite article + masculine plural noun - the heavens