- *wa-yəhî*
- conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it came to pass/happened
- *ʾarbaʿ*
- cardinal number, feminine - four
- *dārəyāweš*
- proper noun, masculine - Darius
- *meleḵ*
- noun, masculine singular - king
- *hāyāh*
- qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was/happened/came
- *dəḇar-YHWH*
- construct phrase - word of YHWH
- *zəḵaryāh*
- proper noun, masculine - Zechariah
- *ʾarbāʿāh*
- cardinal number, masculine - four/fourth
- *kislēw*
- proper noun - Chislev (month name)