- *wa-yōʾmərû*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they said
- *kol*-*hā-ʿām*
- noun construct + definite article + noun masculine singular - all the people
- *ʾel*-*šəmûʾēl*
- preposition + proper noun - to Samuel
- *hitpallēl*
- hithpael imperative masculine singular - pray
- *bəʿad*-*ʿăbādeykā*
- preposition + noun masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - for your servants
- *ʾel*-*YHWH*
- preposition + proper noun - to the LORD
- *ʾĕlōheykā*
- noun masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God
- *wə-ʾal*-*nāmût*
- conjunction + negative particle + qal imperfect 1st person common plural - that we may not die
- *kî*-*yāsapnû*
- conjunction + qal perfect 1st person common plural - for we have added
- *ʿal*-*kol*-*ḥaṭṭōʾtênû*
- preposition + noun construct + noun feminine plural + 1st person common plural suffix - to all our sins
- *rāʿāh*
- noun feminine singular - evil
- *lišʾōl*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - to ask
- *lānû*
- preposition + 1st person common plural suffix - for ourselves
- *melek*
- noun masculine singular - a king