- *wə-yāḥel*
- conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he began
- *libnôt*
- preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to build
- *ḥōdeš*
- noun masculine singular construct - month of
- *ha-šēnî*
- definite article + ordinal number masculine singular - the second
- *šənat*
- noun feminine singular construct - year of
- *ʾarbaʿ*
- cardinal number - four
- *malkûtô*
- noun feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his kingdom/reign