- *šəmaʿ*
- Qal imperative, masculine singular - hear/listen
- *nāʾ*
- particle of entreaty - please/now
- *ʾānōkî*
- personal pronoun, 1st singular - I
- *ʾădabbēr*
- Piel imperfect, 1st singular - I will speak
- *ʾešʾālǝkā*
- Qal imperfect, 1st singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - I will ask you
- *hôdîʿēnî*
- Hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 1st singular suffix - make me know/inform me