- *kimʿaṭ*
- adverb - scarcely/hardly/as little
- *ʿāḇartî*
- verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I passed
- *māṣāʾṯî*
- verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I found
- *ʾēṯ*
- direct object marker
- *ʾāhăḇâ*
- verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she loved
- *naphshî*
- noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my soul
- *ʾăḥaztîw*
- verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I seized him
- *wə-lōʾ*
- conjunction + negation - and not
- *ʾarpennû*
- verb, Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I will let him go
- *hăḇēʾṯîw*
- verb, Hiphil perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I brought him
- *bêṯ*
- noun, masculine, singular construct - house of
- *ʾimmî*
- noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my mother
- *ḥeḏer*
- noun, masculine, singular construct - chamber of
- *hôrāṯî*
- noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my conception/she who conceived me