- *wa-yəhî*
- conjunction + verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and it happened
- *hûʾ*
- independent personal pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he
- *mištaḥăweh*
- verb, hishtaphel participle, masculine singular - worshiping
- *bêt*
- noun, masculine singular construct - house of
- *nisrōk̲*
- proper noun - Nisroch
- *ʾĕlōhāyw*
- noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his god
- *wə-ʾaḏrammelek̲*
- conjunction + proper noun - and Adrammelech
- *wə-śarʾeṣer*
- conjunction + proper noun - and Sharezer
- *bānāyw*
- noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his sons
- *hikkuhû*
- verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - they struck him
- *ba-ḥereḇ*
- preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - with the sword
- *wə-hēmmāh*
- conjunction + independent personal pronoun, 3rd person masculine plural - and they
- *nimləṭû*
- verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they escaped
- *ʾereṣ*
- noun, feminine singular construct - land of
- *ʾărārāṭ*
- proper noun - Ararat
- *wa-yimlōk̲*
- conjunction + verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he became king
- *ʾēsar-ḥaddōn*
- proper noun - Esarhaddon
- *bənô*
- noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his son
- *taḥtāyw*
- preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his place