On that night
layil (lah'-yil)
a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity -- (mid-)night (season).
could not
nadad (naw-dad')
to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
sleep
shehah (shay-naw')
sleep -- sleep.
and he commanded
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
to bring
bow' (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
the book
cepher (say'-fer)
writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book -- bill, book, evidence, learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
of records
zikrown (zik-rone')
a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing) -- memorial, record.
of the chronicles
dabar (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
yowm (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
and they were read
qara' (kaw-raw')
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
before
paniym (paw-neem')
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.)
the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
