- *wa-yəhî*
- conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it came to pass/happened
- *qārāʾ*
- qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he called
- *šāmēʿû*
- qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they heard/listened
- *kēn*
- adverb - so/thus
- *yiqrəʾû*
- qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will call
- *ʾešmāʿ*
- qal imperfect, 1st common singular - I will hear/listen
- *ʾāmar*
- qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said