- *alu*
- qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they went up/ascended
- *shevatim*
- noun, masculine plural - tribes
- *shivtei-Yah*
- noun, masculine plural construct + divine name - tribes of YAH
- *edut*
- noun, feminine singular construct - testimony/witness
- *l'Yisrael*
- preposition + proper noun - for/to Israel
- *l'hodot*
- preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to give thanks
- *l'shem*
- preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - to the name of
- *YHWH*
- divine name - LORD