- *wə-yhî*
- conjunction + preterite, 3rd masculine singular - and it came to pass/happened
- *šānāh*
- feminine singular construct - year of
- *gālût*
- feminine singular construct - exile/captivity of
- *Yəhôyāḵîn*
- proper name, masculine singular - Jehoiachin
- *meleḵ*
- masculine singular construct - king of
- *Yəhûdāh*
- proper name - Judah
- *ḥōdeš*
- masculine singular - month
- *nāśāʾ*
- perfect, 3rd masculine singular - lifted up/raised
- *ʾĕwîl mərodaḵ*
- proper name - Evil-merodach
- *Bāḇel*
- proper name - Babylon
- *šənat*
- feminine singular construct - year of
- *mālḵô*
- infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his becoming king/his reign
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *rōʾš*
- masculine singular construct - head of
- *bêt*
- masculine singular construct - house of
- *keleʾ*
- masculine singular - prison/confinement