- *wayyōʾmer*
- waw-consecutive + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *YHWH*
- noun, proper name - Yahweh/the LORD
- *šəmûʾēl*
- noun, proper name, masculine singular - Samuel
- *bəqôl*
- preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - to the voice of
- *hāʿām*
- definite article + noun, masculine singular - the people
- *yōʾmərû*
- verb, qal imperfect, 3rd common plural - they will say
- *ʾōṯəḵā*
- direct object marker with 2nd masculine singular suffix - you
- *māʾāsû*
- verb, qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they have rejected
- *ʾōṯî*
- direct object marker with 1st common singular suffix - me
- *miməlōḵ*
- preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - from reigning