- *gam*
- particle - also
- *miyyôm*
- preposition + noun, masculine singular - from the day
- *ʾăšer*
- relative pronoun - that
- *ṣiwwâ*
- piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he commanded
- *ʾōtî*
- direct object marker with 1st singular suffix - me
- *lihyôt*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - to be
- *peḥām*
- noun, masculine singular - governor
- *bĕʾereṣ*
- preposition + noun, feminine singular - in the land of
- *yĕhûdâ*
- proper noun - Judah
- *miššĕnat*
- preposition + construct noun, feminine singular - from the year of
- *ʿeśrîm*
- cardinal number - twenty
- *wĕʿad*
- conjunction + preposition - and until
- *šĕnat*
- construct noun, feminine singular - the year of
- *šĕlōšîm*
- cardinal number - thirty
- *ûšĕttayim*
- conjunction + cardinal number, feminine - and two
- *lĕʾartaḥšastĕʾ*
- preposition + proper noun - for Artaxerxes
- *hammelek*
- definite noun, masculine singular - the king
- *šānîm*
- noun, feminine plural - years
- *šĕtêm*
- cardinal number, feminine - two
- *ʿeśrêh*
- cardinal number, feminine - ten
- *ʾănî*
- 1st person singular pronoun - I
- *wĕʾaḥay*
- conjunction + noun with 1st singular suffix - and my brothers/kinsmen
- *leḥem*
- construct noun, masculine singular - food of
- *happeḥâ*
- definite noun, masculine singular - the governor
- *lōʾ*
- negative particle - not
- *ʾāḵaltî*
- qal perfect, 1st singular - I ate