- *bēʾdayin*
- temporal adverb - then/at that time
- *Dāryāweš*
- proper noun - Darius (name of Persian king)
- *malkāʾ*
- definite noun, masculine singular - the king
- *śām*
- verb, perfect, 3rd masculine singular - placed/established/made
- *ṭeʿēm*
- noun, masculine singular - decree/command/order
- *baqqarû*
- verb, perfect, 3rd plural - searched/examined
- *bêt*
- construct state noun - house of
- *siprayyāʾ*
- noun, masculine plural, definite - the books/documents/archives
- *dî*
- relative particle - that/which
- *ginzayyāʾ*
- noun, masculine plural, definite - the treasures/treasuries
- *mehaḥătîn*
- participle, masculine plural - being stored/deposited
- *tammāh*
- adverb - there
- *Bābel*
- proper noun - Babylon