Isaiah

Isaiah 36:11

¹¹Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew^c in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

Footnotes

c 36:11 Or in the dialect of Judah; also in verse 13

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then Eliakim	אֶלְיָקִים֩	’el·yā·qîm	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H471 Eljakim
Shebna	וְשֶׁבְנָ֨א	wə·šeḇ·nā	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
to us	אֵלֵ֙ינוּ֙	’ê·lê·nū	Preposition; first person common plural	H413 motion to
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	הַחוֹמָֽה׃	ha·ḥō·w·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2346 wall

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Ezra 4:7 · Daniel 2:4 · 2 Kings 18:26–27

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.