| 17. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 18:17:1 ⧉וַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvayishlakhand sent 2 Kings 18:17:2 ⧉מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֡וּרmelekhashurthe king of Assyria 2 Kings 18:17:3 ⧉אֶת־תַּרְתָּ֥ןettartanTartan {direct-object marker plus name} 2 Kings 18:17:4 ⧉וְאֶת־רַב־סָרִ֣יסveetravsarisand Rab-saris {and plus direct-object marker plus title} 2 Kings 18:17:5 ⧉וְאֶת־רַב־שָׁקֵ֨הveetravshakeand Rabshakeh {and plus direct-object marker plus title} 2 Kings 18:17:6 ⧉מִן־לָכִ֜ישׁminlakhishfrom Lachish 2 Kings 18:17:7 ⧉אֶל־הַמֶּ֧לֶךְelhamelekhto the king 2 Kings 18:17:8 ⧉חִזְקִיָּ֛הוּkhizkiyahuHezekiah 2 Kings 18:17:9 ⧉בְּחֵ֥ילbekheilwith force or with an army 2 Kings 18:17:10 ⧉כָּבֵ֖דkavedheavy 2 Kings 18:17:11 ⧉יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִםyerushalaimJerusalem 2 Kings 18:17:12 ⧉וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙vayaaluand they went up 2 Kings 18:17:13 ⧉וַיָּבֹ֣אוּvayabouand they came 2 Kings 18:17:14 ⧉יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םyerushalaimJerusalem 2 Kings 18:17:15 ⧉וַיַּעֲל֣וּvayaaluand they went up 2 Kings 18:17:16 ⧉וַיָּבֹ֗אוּvayabouand they came 2 Kings 18:17:17 ⧉וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙vayaamduand they stood 2 Kings 18:17:18 ⧉בִּתְעָלַת֙bitalatby the conduit or in the channel of 2 Kings 18:17:19 ⧉הַבְּרֵכָ֣הhaberekhathe pool 2 Kings 18:17:20 ⧉הָֽעֶלְיוֹנָ֔הhaelyonathe upper 2 Kings 18:17:21 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֕רasherwhich 2 Kings 18:17:22 ⧉בִּמְסִלַּ֖תbimsilaton the highway of 2 Kings 18:17:23 ⧉שְׂדֵ֥הsedefield of 2 Kings 18:17:24 ⧉כוֹבֵֽס׃khovesa washer or the washer’s |
| 17. Formal Translation Then the king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rav-saris, and Rav-shakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem, and when they ascended and arrived, they stood at the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the Washerman’s Field. |
| 17. Dynamic Translation The king of Assyria dispatched Tartan, Rav-saris, and Rav-shakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a large army. When they arrived in Jerusalem, they paused by the aqueduct of the upper pool on the road to the Washerman’s Field. |