1 Samuel 3:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.

Young's Literal Translation
And he runneth unto Eli, and saith, ‘Here [am] I, for thou hast called for me;’ and he saith, ‘I called not; turn back, lie down;’ and he goeth and lieth down.

King James Bible
And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here [am] I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

Hebrew
He ran
וַיָּ֣רָץ (way·yā·rāṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7323: To run

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Eli
עֵלִ֗י (‘ê·lî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5941: Eli -- a priest at Shiloh

and said,
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Here I am,
הִנְנִי֙ (hin·nî)
Interjection | first person common singular
Strong's 2005: Lo! behold!

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you have called
קָרָ֣אתָ (qā·rā·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

me.”
לִּ֔י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

“I did not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

call,”
קָרָ֖אתִי (qā·rā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

Eli replied.
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Go back
שׁ֣וּב (šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

and lie down.”
שְׁכָ֑ב (šə·ḵāḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down

So he went
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

and lay down.
וַיִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ (way·yiš·kāḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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