- *way'hî*
- waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and it was/came to pass
- *shtêy 'esrêh shānâh*
- cardinal number + feminine singular noun - twelve year
- *shnêy-'āsār ḥōdesh*
- cardinal number + masculine singular noun - twelfth month
- *'eḥād*
- cardinal number - one/first
- *ḥōdesh*
- masculine singular noun - month
- *hāyāh*
- qal perfect 3ms - was/happened
- *dĕbar*
- construct state, masculine singular noun - word of
- *Yhwh*
- divine name - YHWH/LORD
- *lē'mōr*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - to say