| “And it came to pass,” | וַיְהִ֡י | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | came pass |
| “that” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “when” | כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | when |
| “Zedekiah” | צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ | Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelites | Zedekiah |
| “the king” | מֶֽלֶךְ | A king | king |
| “of Judah” | יְהוּדָ֜ה | Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory | Judah |
| “saw” | רָ֠אָם | To see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) | saw |
| “them, and all” | וְכֹ֣ל׀ | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the men” | אַנְשֵׁ֣י | Properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified H0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively) | men |
| “of war,” | הַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה | A battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare) | war |
| “then they fled,” | וַֽ֠יִּבְרְחוּ | To bolt, i.e., figuratively, to flee suddenly | then fled |
| “and went forth” | וַיֵּצְא֨וּ | To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim | forth |
| “out of” | מִן | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | out |
| “the city” | הָעִיר֙ | A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) | city |
| “by night,” | לַ֤יְלָה | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “by the way” | דֶּ֚רֶךְ | A road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb | way |
| “of the king's” | הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | A king | kings |
| “garden,” | גַּ֣ן | A garden (as fenced) | garden |
| “by the gate” | בְּשַׁ֖עַר | An opening, i.e., door or gate | gate |
| “betwixt” | בֵּ֣ין | Between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or | betwixt |
| “the two walls:” | הַחֹמֹתָ֑יִם | A wall of protection | two walls |
| “and he went out” | וַיֵּצֵ֖א | To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim | out |
| “the way” | דֶּ֥רֶךְ | A road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb | way |
| “of the plain.” | הָעֲרָבָֽה׃ | A desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea | plain |