- *ûbᵉmalkût*
- waw-conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - and in the reign of
- *ʾăḥašwērôš*
- proper noun - Ahasuerus (Xerxes)
- *bitᵉḥillat*
- preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - in the beginning of
- *malkûtô*
- noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his reign
- *kātᵉbû*
- qal perfect, 3rd plural - they wrote
- *śiṭᵉnāh*
- noun, feminine singular - accusation
- *yōšᵉbê*
- qal participle, masculine plural construct - dwellers of/inhabitants of
- *yᵉhûdāh*
- proper noun - Judah
- *wirûšālāim*
- waw-conjunction + proper noun - and Jerusalem