| 2. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the vav-consecutive form vayishlach {וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח | wayyiš-lāḥ} ‘and he sent’, which frames the narrative action. The composite et-Elyakim {אֶת־אֶלְיָקִ֨ים | ʾeṯ-ʾel-yā-qîm} uses the accusative particle to mark Elyakim as the object. The relative clause asher-al-ha-bayit {אֲשֶׁר־עַל־הַבַּ֜יִת | ʾašer-ʿal-ha-bay-yîṯ} specifies his role “over the house.” Appositional coordination appears in ve-Shevna ha-sofer {וְשֶׁבְנָ֣א הַסֹּפֵ֗ר | wə-šev-nāʾ ha-ṣō-p̄er}, clarifying Shebna’s office. The repeated accusative ve-et precedes ziknei ha-kohanim {זִקְנֵ֣י הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים | zîq-nê ha-kōh-ə-nîm}, “the elders of the priests,” whom the Hitpael participle mitkassim {מִתְכַּסִּ֖ים | mit-ka-ṣîm} depicts as “covering themselves.” The prepositional phrase ba-sakim {בַּשַּׂקִּ֑ים | ba-ša-qîm} indicates their sackcloth attire. Finally, el-Yeshayahu ha-navi ben-Amoz {אֶל־יְשַֽׁעְיָ֥הוּ הַנָּבִ֖יא בֶּן־אָמֽוֹץ | ʾel-ye-ša-yā-hū ha-nā-vîʾ ben-ʾā-mōṣ} forms a directional clause and appositional lineage, dispatching the group to Isaiah. |