- *yō'mer*
- qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular consecutive - he said
- *'îš*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the man
- *'ēlî*
- proper noun - Eli
- *'ānōkî*
- 1st common singular personal pronoun - I
- *habbā'*
- qal participle masculine singular with definite article - the one coming
- *ma'ărākāh*
- feminine singular noun with definite article - the battle array
- *wa'ănî*
- conjunction + 1st common singular personal pronoun - and I
- *nastî*
- qal perfect 1st common singular - I fled
- *yôm*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the day, today
- *meh*
- interrogative pronoun - what
- *hāyāh*
- qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - was
- *dāvār*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the matter, thing
- *bənî*
- masculine singular noun + 1st common singular suffix - my son