- *wā-ʾômar*
- conjunction + qal imperfect 1st singular - and I said
- *rōʾîm*
- qal participle masculine plural - seeing
- *rāʿāh*
- feminine singular - distress/misfortune
- *ʾăšer*
- relative particle - which/that
- *yərûšālaim*
- proper noun - Jerusalem
- *ḥărēbāh*
- adjective feminine singular - desolate/in ruins
- *û-šəʿāreyhā*
- conjunction + masculine plural + 3rd feminine singular suffix - and its gates
- *niṣṣətû*
- niphal perfect 3rd common plural - were burned
- *ʾēš*
- feminine singular - fire
- *lēkû*
- qal imperative masculine plural - go
- *nibneh*
- qal imperfect 1st plural cohortative - let us build
- *ḥômat*
- feminine singular construct - wall of
- *nihyeh*
- qal imperfect 1st plural - we will be
- *ḥerpāh*
- feminine singular - reproach/disgrace