וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ

   va-ya-GI-du

   and they told
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ ל֔וֹ

   va-ya-GI-du LO

   and they told to him
3. clause🔊 וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ ל֔וֹ דִּבְרֵ֖י רַב־שָׁקֵֽה׃

   va-ya-GI-du LO div-RE rav-sha-KE

   and they told to him words of Rabshakeh
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּבֹ֣א אֶלְיָקִ֣ים בֶּן־חִלְקִיָּ֣ה אֲשֶׁר־עַל־הַ֠בַּיִת וְשֶׁבְנָ֨א הַסֹּפֵ֜ר וְיוֹאָ֨ח בֶּן־אָסָ֧ף הַמַּזְכִּ֛יר אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ קְרוּעֵ֣י בְגָדִ֑ים וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ ל֔וֹ דִּבְרֵ֖י רַב־שָׁקֵֽה׃

   va-ya-VO e-le-ya-KIM BEN-khil-ki-YA a-SHER-al-ha-BA-yit ve-SHEV-na ha-so-FER ve-yo-AKH BEN-a-SAF ha-maz-KIR el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ke-ru-E ve-ga-DIM va-ya-GI-du LO div-RE rav-sha-KE

   and he came Eliakim son of Hilkiah who was over the house and Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph the recorder to Hezekiah torn garments and they told to him words of Rabshakeh

Exegesis

The Hifil imperfect wayyaggîḏū {וַיַּגִּדוּ | wayyaggîḏū} ‘and they reported’ introduces the communication action, with lōʾ {ל֔וֹ | lōʾ} marking the indirect object and dibrê rabb-šāqē {דִּבְרֵי רַב־שָׁקֵה | dibrê rabb-šāqē} ‘the words of Rabshakeh’ as the direct object. English reorders the Hebrew VSO into an SVO structure for readability while preserving the official titles and ritual imagery.