- *wə-yōʾmer*
- conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
- *nəḥemyâ*
- proper name - Nehemiah
- *hûʾ*
- 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he
- *hattiršātāʾ*
- definite noun, masculine singular - the governor
- *wə-ʿezrāʾ*
- conjunction + proper name - and Ezra
- *hakkōhēn*
- definite noun, masculine singular - the priest
- *hassōpēr*
- definite noun, masculine singular - the scribe
- *wə-halwîyim*
- conjunction + definite noun, masculine plural - and the Levites
- *hamməbînîm*
- definite hiphil participle, masculine plural - those causing to understand
- *ʾet-hāʿām*
- direct object marker + definite noun, masculine singular - the people
- *ləkāl-hāʿām*
- preposition + noun construct + definite noun - to all the people
- *hayyôm*
- definite noun, masculine singular - the day
- *qādōš-hûʾ*
- adjective, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - holy it (is)
- *la-YHWH*
- preposition + divine name - to Yahweh/LORD
- *ʾĕlōhêkem*
- noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your God
- *ʾal-titʾabbəlû*
- negative particle + hithpael imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - do not mourn
- *wə-ʾal-tibkû*
- conjunction + negative particle + qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - and do not weep
- *kî*
- conjunction - for/because
- *bôkîm*
- qal participle, masculine plural - weeping
- *kəšāməʿām*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - when they heard
- *ʾet-dibrê*
- direct object marker + construct noun, masculine plural - the words of
- *hattôrâ*
- definite noun, feminine singular - the law