- *wa*-*yəhî*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it happened
- *ba*-*šānâ*
- preposition + definite article + noun - in the year
- *ha*-*təšîʿît*
- definite article + ordinal number, feminine - the ninth
- *lə*-*mālkô*
- preposition + infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - of his reign
- *ba*-*ḥōdeš*
- preposition + definite article + noun - in the month
- *hā*-*ʿăśîrî*
- definite article + ordinal number - the tenth
- *be*-*ʿāśôr*
- preposition + cardinal number - on the tenth [day]
- *la*-*ḥōdeš*
- preposition + definite article + noun - of the month
- *bāʾ*
- Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - came
- *nəbûkadreʾṣṣar*
- proper noun - Nebuchadnezzar
- *melek*-*bābel*
- noun construct + proper noun - king of Babylon
- *hûʾ*
- 3rd masculine singular pronoun - he
- *wə*-*kāl*-*ḥêlô*
- conjunction + noun construct + noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and all his army
- *ʿal*-*yərûšālaim*
- preposition + proper noun - against Jerusalem
- *wa*-*yaḥănû*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they encamped
- *ʿāleyhā*
- preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - against it
- *wa*-*yibnû*
- waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they built
- *dāyēq*
- noun - siege wall/rampart
- *sābîb*
- adverb - around