וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶלְיָקִ֣ים בֶּן־חִ֠לְקִיָּהוּ וְשֶׁבְנָ֨ה וְיוֹאָ֜ח אֶל־רַב־שָׁקֵ֗ה דַּבֶּר־נָ֤א אֶל־עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲרָמִ֔ית כִּ֥י שֹׁמְעִ֖ים אֲנָ֑חְנוּ וְאַל־תְּדַבֵּ֤ר עִמָּ֙נוּ֙ יְהוּדִ֔ית בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַחֹמָֽה׃
Debug: verse number 9969Edit time markersThen 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 in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
/wa-y-yṓmer ʾelyāqī́m ben ḥilqiyyāhū́ wᵉ ševnā́ wᵉ yōʾā́ḥ ʾel rav-šāqḗ dabber nā ʾel ʿăvādéxā ʾărāmī́t kī šōmᵉʿī́m ʾănā́ḥᵉnū wᵉ ʾal tᵉdabbḗr ʿimmā́nū yᵉhūdī́t bᵉ ʾoznḗ hā ʿām ʾăšer ʿal ha ḥōmā́ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾelyāqī́m
- Eliakim
- pn m sg abs
- ben
- son
- n m sg con
- ḥilqiyyāhū́
- Hilkiah
- pn m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ševnā́
- Shebna
- pn m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yōʾā́ḥ
- Joah
- pn m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- rav-šāqḗ
- rabshake
- n m sg abs
- dabber
- speak
- v √pi imp! II m sg
- nā
- yeah
- intj
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʿăvādéxā
- servant
- n m pl abs + II m sg
- ʾărāmī́t
- in Aramaic
- adv f sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- šōmᵉʿī́m
- hear
- v √qal part m pl abs
- ʾănā́ḥᵉnū
- we
- prop I pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾal
- not
- ptcl—
- tᵉdabbḗr
- speak
- v √pi imperf II m sg
- ʿimmā́nū
- with
- prep + I pl
- yᵉhūdī́t
- Jewish
- adv f sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʾoznḗ
- ear
- n f 2 con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- ḥōmā́
- wall
- n f sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - ʔelyāqîˈm ben ḥilqiyyāhûˈ wᵊ ševnāˈ wᵊ yôʔāˈḥ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel rav-šāqēˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- dabber
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- nā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ʕᵃvāḏeˈʸḵā
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- ʔᵃrāmîˈṯ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- šōmᵊʕîˈm
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔᵃnāˈḥᵊnû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- ʔal
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tᵊḏabbēˈr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕimmāˈnû
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- yᵊhûḏîˈṯ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ʔoznêˈ hā ʕām
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal ha ḥōmāˈ
- Relative