- *kᵉnôs*
- Qal imperative, masculine singular - gather
- *ʾet*
- direct object marker
- *yᵉhûḏîm*
- noun masculine plural - Jews
- *nimṣᵉʾîm*
- Niphal participle, masculine plural - being found
- *Šûšān*
- proper noun - Shushan/Susa
- *ṣûmû*
- Qal imperative, masculine plural - fast
- *tōʾḵᵉlû*
- Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you eat
- *tištû*
- Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you drink
- *yāmîm*
- noun masculine plural - days
- *laylâ*
- noun masculine singular - night
- *yôm*
- noun masculine singular - day
- *naʿᵃrōtay*
- noun feminine plural + 1st common singular suffix - my maidens
- *ʾāṣûm*
- Qal imperfect, 1st common singular - I will fast
- *ʾāḇôʾ*
- Qal imperfect, 1st common singular - I will come/enter
- *meleḵ*
- noun masculine singular - king
- *dāt*
- noun feminine singular - law/decree
- *ʾāḇaḏtî*
- Qal perfect, 1st common singular - I perish