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2 Kings 18:26

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Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.	Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand [it]: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that [are] on the wall.	But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then said^H559 Eliakim^H471 the son^H1121 of Hilkiah^H2518, and Shebna^H7644, and Joah^H3098, unto Rabshakeh^H7262, Speak^H1696, I pray thee, to thy servants^H5650 in the Syrian language^H762; for we understand^H8085 it: and talk^H1696 not with us in the Jews' language^H3066 in the ears^H241 of the people^H5971 that are on the wall^H2346.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֶלְיָקִים בֶּן־חִלְקִיָּהוּ וְשֶׁבְנָה וְיֹואָח אֶל־רַב־שָׁקֵה דַּבֶּר־נָא אֶל־עֲבָדֶיךָ אֲרָמִית כִּי שֹׁמְעִים אֲנָחְנוּ וְאַל־תְּדַבֵּר עִמָּנוּ יְהוּדִית בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַחֹמָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
אֶלְיָקִ֣ים	'el.ya.Kim	H471	HNp	Eliakim
בֶּן	ben-	H1121	HNcmsc	(the) son of
חִ֠לְקִיָּהוּ	Chil.ki.ya.hu	H2518	HNp	Hilkiah
וְ/שֶׁבְנָ֨ה	ve./shev.Nah	H7644	HC/Np	and/ Shebna
וְ/יוֹאָ֜ח	ve./yo.'Ach	H3098	HC/Np	and/ Joah
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
רַב	rav-	H7262	HNcmsc	(the) chief
שָׁקֵ֗ה	sha.Keh	H7262	HNp	commander
דַּבֶּר	da.ber-	H1696	HVpv2ms	speak
נָ֤א	na'	H4994	HTe	please
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
עֲבָדֶ֨י/ךָ֙	'a.va.Dei./kha	H5650	HNcmpc/Sp2ms	servants/ your
אֲרָמִ֔ית	'a.ra.Mit	H762	HNgfsa	Aramaic
כִּ֥י	ki	H3588	HC	for
שֹׁמְעִ֖ים	sho.me.'Im	H8085	HVqrmpa	(are) understanding
אֲנָ֑חְנוּ	'a.Na.che.nu	H587	HPp1cp	we
וְ/אַל	ve./'al-	H408	HC/Tn	and/ may not
תְּדַבֵּ֤ר	te.da.Ber	H1696	HVpj2ms	you speak
עִמָּ֨/נוּ֙	'i.Ma./nu	H5973	HR/Sp1cp	with/ us
יְהוּדִ֔ית	ye.hu.Dit	H3066	HNgfsa	(in) Judean
בְּ/אָזְנֵ֣י	be./'a.ze.Nei	H241	HR/Ncfdc	in/ (the) ears of
הָ/עָ֔ם	ha./'Am	H5971	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ people
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	(is) on
הַ/חֹמָֽה	ha./cho.Mah	H2346	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ wall

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H241 — אֹזֶן (ʼôzen, o'-zen): from אָזַן; broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man); [phrase] advertise, audience, [phrase] displease, ear, hearing, [phrase] show.
• H471 — אֶלְיָקִים (ʼElyâqîym, el-yaw-keem'): from אֵל and קוּם; God of raising; Eljakim, the name of four Israelites; Eliakim.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H762 — אֲרָמִית (ʼĂrâmîyth, ar-aw-meeth'): feminine of אֲרַמִּי; (only adverbial) in Aramean; in the Syrian language (tongue), in Syriac.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1696 — דָבַר (dâbar, daw-bar'): a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.
• H2346 — חוֹמָה (chôwmâh, kho-maw'): feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection; wall, walled.
• H2518 — חִלְקִיָּה (Chilqîyâh, khil-kee-yaw'): or חִלְקִיָּהוּ; from חֵלֶק and יָהּ; portion of Jah; Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelites; Hillkiah.
• H3066 — יְהוּדִית (Yᵉhûwdîyth, yeh-hoo-deeth'): feminine of יְהוּדִי; the Jewish (used adverbially) language; in the Jews' language.
• H3098 — יוֹאָח (Yôwʼâch, yo-awkh'): from יְהֹוָה and אָח; Jehovahbrothered; Joach, the name of four Israelites; Joah.
• H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H7262 — רַבְשָׁקֵה (Rabshâqêh, rab-shaw-kay'): from רַב and שָׁקָה; chief butler; Rabshakeh, a Babylonian official; Rabshakeh.
• H7644 — שֶׁבְנָא (Shebnâʼ, sheb-naw'): or שֶׁבְנָה; from an unused root meaning to grow; growth; Shebna or Shebnah, an Israelite; Shebna, Shebnah.
• H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H587 — אֲנַחְנוּ (ʼănachnûw, an-akh'-noo): apparently from אָנֹכִי; we; ourselves, us, we.
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H4994 — נָא (nâʼ, naw): a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered; 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction; I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
• H5973 — עִם (ʻim, eem): from עָמַם; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English); accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• in the Syrian language — Ezra 4:7, Isaiah 36:11-12, Daniel 2:4

Reciprocal references (5): 2 Chronicles 32:18, Nehemiah 6:5, Esther 8:9, Isaiah 36:21, 1 Corinthians 14:2

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: HEBREW, LANGUAGE
• Torrey’s: ASSYRIA
• Nave’s: ASSYRIA, DIPLOMACY, HILKIAH, HYPOCRISY, ISRAEL, PROPHECIES CONCERNING, JERUSALEM, JOAH, LANGUAGE, RAB-SHAKEH (RABSHAKEH), SENNACHERIB, SHEBNA (SHEBNAH), WAR

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