- *ûqerāʾ*
- conjunction + verb, Qal imperative, masculine singular - and call
- *weʾānōkî*
- conjunction + pronoun, 1st person singular (emphatic) - and I myself
- *ʾeʿĕneh*
- verb, Qal imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - I will answer
- *ʾô*
- conjunction - or
- *ʾădabbēr*
- verb, Piel imperfect, 1st person singular cohortative - let me speak
- *wahăšîbēnî*
- conjunction + verb, Hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and answer me