| 26. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 18:26:1 ⧉וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvayomerand he said 2 Kings 18:26:2 ⧉אֶלְיָקִ֣יםelyakimEliakim 2 Kings 18:26:3 ⧉בֶּן־חִ֠לְקִיָּהוּbenkhilkiyahuson of Hilkiah 2 Kings 18:26:4 ⧉וְשֶׁבְנָ֨הveshevnaand Shebna 2 Kings 18:26:5 ⧉וְיוֹאָ֜חveyoakhand Joah 2 Kings 18:26:6 ⧉אֶל־רַב־שָׁקֵ֗הelravshaketo the Rabshakeh 2 Kings 18:26:7 ⧉דַּבֶּר־נָ֤אdabernaplease speak 2 Kings 18:26:8 ⧉אֶל־עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙elavadekhato your servants 2 Kings 18:26:9 ⧉אֲרָמִ֔יתaramitin Aramaic 2 Kings 18:26:10 ⧉כִּ֥יkifor 2 Kings 18:26:11 ⧉שֹׁמְעִ֖יםshomeimwe are hearing 2 Kings 18:26:12 ⧉אֲנָ֑חְנוּanakhnuwe 2 Kings 18:26:13 ⧉וְאַל־תְּדַבֵּ֤רvealtedaberand do not speak 2 Kings 18:26:14 ⧉עִמָּ֙נוּ֙immanuwith us 2 Kings 18:26:15 ⧉יְהוּדִ֔יתyehuditin Judean 2 Kings 18:26:16 ⧉בְּאָזְנֵ֣יbeoznein the ears of 2 Kings 18:26:17 ⧉הָעָ֔םhaamthe people 2 Kings 18:26:18 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֖רasherwho or which 2 Kings 18:26:19 ⧉עַל־הַחֹמָֽה׃alhakhomaon the wall |
| 26. Formal Translation Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it, and do not speak to us in Judean in the hearing of the people on the wall.” |
| 26. Dynamic Translation Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah asked Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the ears of the people on the wall.” |