- *wayyōʾmer*
- waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd singular - and he said
- *zᵉrubbābel*
- proper noun - Zerubbabel
- *yēšûaʿ*
- proper noun - Jeshua
- *rāʾšê*
- construct noun, masculine plural - heads of/chiefs of
- *hāʾābôt*
- definite noun, masculine plural - the fathers/ancestors
- *yiśrāʾēl*
- proper noun - Israel
- *libnôt*
- qal infinitive construct - to build
- *bayit*
- noun, masculine singular - house
- *lēʾlōhênû*
- preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 1st plural suffix - to our God
- *ʾănạḥnû*
- 1st person plural pronoun - we
- *nibneh*
- qal imperfect, 1st plural - we will build
- *YHWH*
- proper noun - the divine name
- *ʾĕlōhê*
- construct noun, masculine plural - God of
- *kaʾăšer*
- conjunction - as
- *ṣiwwānû*
- piel perfect, 3rd singular + 1st plural suffix - he commanded us
- *hammelek*
- definite article + noun, masculine singular - the king
- *kôreš*
- proper noun - Cyrus
- *melek*
- noun, masculine singular construct - king of
- *pārās*
- proper noun - Persia