- *wa-yəhî*
- conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it happened
- *middê*
- preposition + construct - whenever/as often as
- *bô'*
- qal infinitive construct - coming/entering
- *ha-meleḵ*
- definite article + noun masculine singular - the king
- *bêṯ*
- noun masculine singular construct - house of
- *YHWH*
- divine name - LORD/Yahweh
- *bā'û*
- qal perfect 3rd common plural - they came
- *hā-rāṣîm*
- definite article + noun masculine plural - the runners/guards
- *û-nəśā'ûm*
- conjunction + qal perfect 3rd common plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and carried them
- *we-hĕšîḇûm*
- conjunction + hiphil perfect 3rd common plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and returned them
- *'el*
- preposition - to
- *tā'*
- noun masculine singular construct - chamber of