- *ʾĕdayin*
- adverb - then
- *min*
- preposition - when
- *dî*
- relative particle - of
- *paršegen*
- noun, masculine singular construct - copy of
- *ništᵉwānāʾ*
- noun, masculine singular with Aramaic definite article - the letter
- *ʾartaḥšaśtᵉʾ*
- proper noun - Artaxerxes
- *malkāʾ*
- noun, masculine singular with Aramaic definite article - the king
- *qĕrî*
- peal passive participle, masculine singular - was read
- *qŏdām*
- preposition - before
- *rᵉḥûm*
- proper noun - Rehum
- *wᵉšimšay*
- waw-conjunction + proper noun - and Shimshai
- *sāpᵉrāʾ*
- noun, masculine singular with Aramaic definite article - the scribe
- *ûkᵉnāwātᵉhôn*
- waw-conjunction + noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and their colleagues
- *ʾăzalû*
- peal perfect, 3rd plural - they went
- *bibhîlû*
- preposition + noun, feminine singular - in haste
- *lîrûšᵉlem*
- preposition + proper noun - to Jerusalem
- *ʿal*
- preposition - to
- *yᵉhûdāyēʾ*
- gentilic plural with Aramaic definite article - the Jews
- *ûbaṭṭilû*
- waw-conjunction + pael perfect, 3rd plural - and they made cease
- *himmô*
- 3rd masculine plural pronoun - them
- *bᵉʾedrāʿ*
- preposition + noun, masculine singular - by force/arm
- *wᵉḥāyil*
- waw-conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and power/army