“On that” | הַה֔וּא | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | On that |
“night” | בַּלַּ֣יְלָה | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
“could not” | נָֽדְדָ֖ה | Properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away | could not |
“the king” | הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | A king | king |
“sleep,” | שְׁנַ֣ת | Sleep | sleep |
“and he commanded” | וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | commanded |
“to bring” | לְהָבִ֞יא | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | bring |
“the book” | סֵ֤פֶר | Properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book | book |
“of records” | הַזִּכְרֹנוֹת֙ | A memento (or memorable thing, day or writing) | records |
“of the chronicles;” | דִּבְרֵ֣י | A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause | chronicles |
“and they were” | וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | and they were |
“read” | נִקְרָאִ֖ים | To call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications) | read |
“before” | לִפְנֵ֥י | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | before |
“the king.” | הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ | A king | king |