2 Kings

2 Kings 18:26

²⁶Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew^h in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

Footnotes

h 18:26 Or in the dialect of Judah; also in verse 28

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then Eliakim	אֶלְיָקִ֣ים	’el·yā·qîm	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H471 Eljakim
son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Hilkiah	חִ֠לְקִיָּהוּ	ḥil·qî·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2518 Chilhijah
along with Shebnah	וְשֶׁבְנָ֨ה	wə·šeḇ·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7644 Shebna, Shebnah
and Joah	וְיוֹאָ֜ח	wə·yō·w·’āḥ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3098 Joach
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the Rabshakeh	שָׁקֵ֗ה	šā·qêh	Noun - masculine singular	H7262 Rabshakeh
Please	נָ֤א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
speak	דַּבֶּר־	dab·ber-	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular	H1696 speak
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
your servants	עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙	‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
in Aramaic	אֲרָמִ֔ית	’ă·rā·mîṯ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H762 in Aramaic
since	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
we	אֲנָ֑חְנוּ	’ă·nā·ḥə·nū	Pronoun - first person common plural	H587 we
understand it	שֹׁמְעִ֖ים	šō·mə·‘îm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H8085 hear
Do not	וְאַל־	wə·’al-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
speak	תְּדַבֵּ֤ר	tə·ḏab·bêr	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H1696 speak
with us	עִמָּ֙נוּ֙	‘im·mā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural	H5973 with
in Hebrew	יְהוּדִ֔ית	yə·hū·ḏîṯ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3066 in Jewish
in the hearing	בְּאָזְנֵ֣י	bə·’ā·zə·nê	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine dual construct	H241 ear
of the people	הָעָ֔ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the wall	הַחֹמָֽה׃	ha·ḥō·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2346 wall

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