- *ʾak*
- adverb - surely/only
- *hebel*
- masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition 'from' - vanity/breath/vapor
- *bĕnê-ʾādām*
- masculine plural construct with proper noun - sons of Adam/mankind/humans
- *kāzāb*
- masculine singular noun - lie/falsehood
- *bĕnê ʾîsh*
- masculine plural construct with noun - sons of man/people of rank
- *mōʾznayim*
- masculine dual noun with prefixed preposition 'in' - scales/balances
- *laʿălôt*
- qal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition 'to' - to go up/ascend
- *ḥad*
- adverb - together/altogether/all of them