- *yišma'*
- qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular consecutive - he heard
- *'ēlî*
- proper noun - Eli
- *'et*
- direct object marker
- *qôl*
- masculine singular construct - sound of
- *ṣə'āqāh*
- feminine singular noun with definite article - the outcry
- *yō'mer*
- qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular consecutive - he said
- *meh*
- interrogative pronoun - what
- *hămôn*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the tumult
- *zeh*
- masculine singular demonstrative pronoun with definite article - this
- *'îš*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the man
- *mihēr*
- piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - hastened
- *yāvō'*
- qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular consecutive - he came
- *yaggēd*
- hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular consecutive - he told