וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶלְיָקִים֩ וְשֶׁבְנָ֨א וְיוֹאָ֜ח אֶל־רַב־שָׁקֵ֗ה דַּבֶּר־נָ֤א אֶל־עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲרָמִ֔ית כִּ֥י שֹׁמְעִ֖ים אֲנָ֑חְנוּ וְאַל־תְּדַבֵּ֤ר אֵלֵ֙ינוּ֙ יְהוּדִ֔ית בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַחוֹמָֽה׃
·Debug: verse number 10858Then 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 in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
/wa-y-yṓmer ʾelyāqīm wᵉ ševnā́ wᵉ yōʾā́ḥ ʾel rav-šāqḗ dabber nā ʾel ʿăvādéxā ʾărāmī́t kī šōmᵉʿī́m ʾănā́ḥᵉnū wᵉ ʾal tᵉdabbḗr ʾēlḗnū yᵉhūdī́t bᵉ ʾoznḗ hā ʿām ʾăšer ʿal ha ḥōmā́ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾelyāqīm
- Eliakim
- 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
- ʾēlḗnū
- to
- 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 - ʔelyāqîm 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 - ʔēlêˈnû
- 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 ḥômāˈ
- Relative