- *wa-yiṯḥazzēq*
- conjunction + hithpael imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he strengthened himself
- *ha-meleḵ*
- definite article + noun masculine singular - the king
- *rəḥaḇə'ām*
- proper noun - Rehoboam
- *bi-rûšālāim*
- preposition + proper noun - in Jerusalem
- *wa-yimloḵ*
- conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he reigned
- *kî*
- conjunction - for
- *ben*
- noun masculine singular construct - son of
- *'arbā'îm*
- cardinal number - forty
- *wə-'aḥaṯ*
- conjunction + cardinal number feminine singular - and one
- *šānāh*
- noun feminine singular - year
- *bə-mālḵô*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - when he became king
- *û-šəḇa'*
- conjunction + cardinal number - and seven
- *'eśrēh*
- cardinal number feminine singular - ten
- *mālaḵ*
- qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he reigned
- *hā-'îr*
- definite article + noun feminine singular - the city
- *'ăšer*
- relative particle - which
- *bāḥar*
- qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he chose
- *YHWH*
- divine name - LORD/Yahweh
- *lāśûm*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - to put/place
- *'eṯ*
- direct object marker
- *šəmô*
- noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name
- *šām*
- adverb - there
- *mi-kōl*
- preposition + noun masculine singular - from all
- *šiḇṭê*
- noun masculine plural construct - tribes of
- *yiśrā'ēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *wə-šēm*
- conjunction + noun masculine singular construct - and name of
- *'immô*
- noun feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mother
- *na'ămāh*
- proper noun - Naamah
- *hā-'ammōnîṯ*
- definite article + adjective feminine singular - the Ammonite