{
"verseID": "Isaiah.36.11",
"source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶלְיָקִים֩ וְשֶׁבְנָ֨א וְיוֹאָ֜ח אֶל־רַב שָׁקֵ֗ה דַּבֶּר־נָ֤א אֶל־עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲרָמִ֔ית כִּ֥י שֹׁמְעִ֖ים אֲנָ֑חְנוּ וְאַל־תְּדַבֵּ֤ר אֵלֵ֙ינוּ֙ יְהוּדִ֔ית בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַחוֹמָֽה",
"text": "And *wayyōʾmer ʾelyāqîm* and *wəšeḇnāʾ* and *wəyôʾāḥ* to *ʾel-raḇ šāqēh*, speak, please, *dabber-nāʾ* to *ʾel-ʿăḇāḏêḵā* in *ʾărāmîṯ* for *kî šōməʿîm ʾănāḥnû* and do not speak *wəʾal-təḏabbēr* to us in *ʾēlênû yəhûḏîṯ* in the ears of *bəʾoznê hāʿām* who *ʾăšer ʿal-haḥômāh*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and said",
"*ʾelyāqîm*": "proper noun - Eliakim",
"*wəšeḇnāʾ*": "waw conjunction + proper noun - and Shebna",
"*wəyôʾāḥ*": "waw conjunction + proper noun - and Joah",
"*ʾel-raḇ šāqēh*": "preposition + title/position - to the Rabshakeh",
"*dabber-nāʾ*": "piel imperative masculine singular + particle of entreaty - speak, please",
"*ʾel-ʿăḇāḏêḵā*": "preposition + noun masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to your servants",
"*ʾărāmîṯ*": "adverb/language - in Aramaic",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*šōməʿîm*": "qal participle masculine plural - hearing/understanding",
"*ʾănāḥnû*": "1st person plural pronoun - we",
"*wəʾal-təḏabbēr*": "waw conjunction + negative particle + piel imperfect 2nd masculine singular - and do not speak",
"*ʾēlênû*": "preposition + 1st person plural suffix - to us",
"*yəhûḏîṯ*": "adverb/language - in Hebrew/Jewish language",
"*bəʾoznê*": "preposition + construct plural noun - in ears of",
"*hāʿām*": "definite article + noun - the people",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - who",
"*ʿal-haḥômāh*": "preposition + definite article + noun - on the wall"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾărāmîṯ*": "in Aramaic/Syrian language",
"*šōməʿîm*": "understanding/hearing/comprehending",
"*yəhûḏîṯ*": "in Hebrew/Jewish language",
"*haḥômāh*": "wall/fortification"
}
}