| 27. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 18:27:1 ⧉וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvayomerand he said 2 Kings 18:27:2 ⧉אֲלֵיהֶ֜םalehemto them 2 Kings 18:27:3 ⧉רַב־שָׁקֵ֗הravshakeRabshakeh 2 Kings 18:27:4 ⧉הַעַ֨לhaalto 2 Kings 18:27:5 ⧉אֲדֹנֶ֤יךָadonekhayour lord 2 Kings 18:27:6 ⧉וְאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙veelekhaand to you 2 Kings 18:27:7 ⧉שְׁלָחַ֣נִיshelakhanihas sent me 2 Kings 18:27:8 ⧉אֲדֹנִ֔יadonimy lord 2 Kings 18:27:9 ⧉לְדַבֵּ֖רledabberto speak 2 Kings 18:27:10 ⧉אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֣יםethadevarimthe words 2 Kings 18:27:11 ⧉הָאֵ֑לֶּהhaelethese 2 Kings 18:27:12 ⧉הֲלֹ֣אhalois it not 2 Kings 18:27:13 ⧉עַל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֗יםalhaanashimto the men 2 Kings 18:27:14 ⧉הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙hayoshevimthe ones sitting 2 Kings 18:27:15 ⧉עַל־הַ֣חֹמָ֔הalhakhomaon the wall 2 Kings 18:27:16 ⧉לֶאֱכֹ֣לleekholto eat 2 Kings 18:27:17 ⧉אֶתet 2 Kings 18:27:18 ⧉חריהםkharehemtheir excrement 2 Kings 18:27:19 ⧉צוֹאָתָ֗םtsoatamtheir dung 2 Kings 18:27:20 ⧉וְלִשְׁתּ֛וֹתvelishtotand to drink 2 Kings 18:27:21 ⧉אֶת־שיניהםetshinehemtheir urine 2 Kings 18:27:22 ⧉מימֵ֥יmimewaters of 2 Kings 18:27:23 ⧉רַגְלֵיהֶ֖םraglehemtheir feet 2 Kings 18:27:24 ⧉עִמָּכֶֽם׃immakhemwith you |
| 27. Formal Translation And Rabshakeh said to them, “Did my master send me to your master and to you alone to speak these words, and not also to the men sitting on the wall—who will eat their own dung and drink the water of their feet with you?” |
| 27. Dynamic Translation But Rabshakeh replied, “Was it only to your master and to you that my master sent me with this message? Was it not also to the men on the wall—who will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine with you?” |