- *ʾarbāʿîm*
- cardinal number - forty
- *šānâ*
- feminine singular noun - year
- *ʾāqûṭ*
- imperfect, 1st person singular, qal - I loathed/was disgusted
- *dôr*
- masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition bet - with generation
- *ʾōmar*
- imperfect with waw consecutive, 1st person singular, qal - and I said
- *ʿam*
- masculine singular noun - people
- *tōʿê*
- masculine plural participle, qal - erring/wandering
- *lēbāb*
- masculine singular noun - heart
- *yādĕʿû*
- perfect, 3rd person common plural, qal with negative particle - they did not know
- *dĕrākāy*
- feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my ways