- *Shemaʿ*
- qal imperative masculine singular - listen/hear
- *yaʿăqōb*
- proper noun - Jacob
- *yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *meqōrāʾî*
- pual participle masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my called one
- *ʾănî*
- 1st person singular pronoun - I
- *hûʾ*
- 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he
- *rīʾshôn*
- adjective masculine singular - first
- *ʾaḥărôn*
- adjective masculine singular - last