- *wə-yəhî*
- conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it happened/came to pass
- *šānâ*
- noun, feminine singular construct - year of
- *hî*
- demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - that
- *rēʾšît*
- noun, feminine singular construct - beginning of
- *mamleket*
- noun, feminine singular construct - kingdom/reign of
- *ṣidqîyâ*
- proper noun - Zedekiah
- *melek*
- noun, masculine singular construct - king of
- *yəhûdâ*
- proper noun - Judah
- *rəbîʿît*
- ordinal number, feminine singular - fourth
- *ḥōdeš*
- noun, masculine singular - month
- *ḥămîšî*
- ordinal number, masculine singular - fifth
- *ʾāmar*
- qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he said/spoke
- *ḥănanyâ*
- proper noun - Hananiah
- *ʿazzûr*
- proper noun - Azzur
- *nābîʾ*
- noun, masculine singular - prophet
- *gibʿôn*
- proper noun - Gibeon
- *YHWH*
- proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
- *kōhănîm*
- noun, masculine plural - priests
- *ʿām*
- noun, masculine singular - people
- *lēʾmōr*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - to say/saying