| “And the king” | הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ | A king | king |
| “called” | וַיִּקְרָ֣א | To call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications) | called |
| “for Jehoiada” | לִיהֽוֹיָדָ֣ע | Jehojada, the name of three Israelites | Jehoiada |
| “the chief,” | הָרֹאשׁ֒ | The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) | chief |
| “and said” | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “unto him, Why” | מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ | What (is) known?; i.e., (by implication) (adverbially) why? | Why |
| “hast thou not” | לֹֽא | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “required” | דָרַ֣שְׁתָּ | Properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship | required |
| “of” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | of |
| “the Levites” | הַלְוִיִּ֔ם | A Levite or descendant of Levi | Levites |
| “to bring in” | לְהָבִ֞יא | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | bring |
| “out of Judah” | מִֽיהוּדָ֣ה | Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory | out Judah |
| “and out of Jerusalem” | וּמִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֗ם | Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine | out Jerusalem |
| “the collection,” | מַשְׂאַת֙ | Properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively, an utterance; concretely, a beacon (as raised); a present (as taken), mess, or tribute; figuratively, a reproach (as a burden) | collection |
| “according to the commandment” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “of Moses” | מֹשֶׁ֣ה | Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver | Moses |
| “the servant” | עֶֽבֶד | A servant | servant |
| “of the Lord,” | יְהוָ֔ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “and of the congregation” | וְהַקָּהָ֖ל | Assemblage (usually concretely) | congregation |
| “of Israel,” | לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “for the tabernacle” | לְאֹ֖הֶל | A tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) | tabernacle |
| “of witness?” | הָֽעֵדֽוּת׃ | Testimony | witness |