| “And the city” | הָעִ֗יר | A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) | city |
| “was broken up,” | וַתִּבָּקַ֣ע | To cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open | broken up |
| “and all” | וְכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the men” | אַנְשֵׁ֨י | A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) | men |
| “of war” | הַמִּלְחָמָ֤ה׀ | A battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare) | war |
| “fled” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “by night” | הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “by the way” | דֶּ֜רֶךְ | A road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb | way |
| “of the gate” | שַׁ֣עַר׀ | An opening, i.e., door or gate | gate |
| “between” | בֵּ֣ין | Between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or | between |
| “two walls,” | הַחֹֽמֹתַ֗יִם | A wall of protection | two walls |
| “which” | אֲשֶׁר֙ | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | which |
| “is” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “by” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | by |
| “the king's” | הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | A king | kings |
| “garden:” | גַּ֣ן | A garden (as fenced) | garden |
| “(now the Chaldees” | וְכַשְׂדִּ֥ים | A Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people | now Chaldees |
| “were” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “against” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | against |
| “the city” | הָעִ֖יר | A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) | city |
| “round about:)” | סָבִ֑יב | (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around | round about |
| “and went” | וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | and went |
| “the king” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “the way” | דֶּ֥רֶךְ | A road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb | way |
| “toward the plain.” | הָֽעֲרָבָֽה׃ | A desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea | toward plain |