2 Kings 18:28

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then the Rab-shakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew, saying, "Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ רַב־שָׁקֵ֔ה וַיִּקְרָ֥א בְקוֹל־גָּד֖וֹל יְהוּדִ֑ית וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר וַיֹּ֔אמֶר שִׁמְע֛וּ דְּבַר־הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ הַגָּד֖וֹל מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּֽׁוּר׃

Transliteration

And wayyaʿămōḏ rab-šāqēh and wayyiqrāʾ with ḇəqôl-gāḏôl yəhûḏîṯ and wayḏabbēr and wayyōʾmer, šimʿû dəḇar-the king the haggāḏôl king ʾaššûr.

Grammar Details

• *wayyaʿămōḏ*: waw consecutive + 3rd masculine singular Qal imperfect - and he stood
• *rab-šāqēh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Rabshakeh
• *wayyiqrāʾ*: waw consecutive + 3rd masculine singular Qal imperfect - and he called/cried out
• *ḇəqôl*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - with voice of
• *gāḏôl*: adjective masculine singular - great/loud
• *yəhûḏîṯ*: adverb - in the Jewish/Judean language
• *wayḏabbēr*: waw consecutive + 3rd masculine singular Piel imperfect - and he spoke
• *wayyōʾmer*: waw consecutive + 3rd masculine singular Qal imperfect - and he said
• *šimʿû*: 2nd masculine plural Qal imperative - hear/listen
• *dəḇar*: noun masculine singular construct - word of
• *haggāḏôl*: article + adjective masculine singular - the great
• *ʾaššûr*: proper noun - Assyria

Word Meanings

• *yəhûḏîṯ*: in Hebrew/in the Judean language
• *rab-šāqēh*: chief cupbearer/high official/military commander

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in Hebrew and spoke, saying, Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then Rabshakeh{H7262} stood,{H5975} and cried{H7121} with a loud{H1419} voice{H6963} in the Jews' language,{H3066} and spake,{H1696} saying,{H559} Hear{H8085} ye the word{H1697} of the great{H1419} king,{H4428} the king{H4428} of Assyria.{H804}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then Rabshakeh{H7262} stood{H5975}{(H8799)} and cried{H7121}{(H8799)} with a loud{H1419} voice{H6963} in the Jews' language{H3066}, and spake{H1696}{(H8762)}, saying{H559}{(H8799)}, Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} the word{H1697} of the great{H1419} king{H4428}, the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So the chefe butler stode and cried with loude voyce in the Iewes language, and spake and sayde: Heare the worde of the greate kynge the kynge of Assiria.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So Rabshakeh stoode and cryed with a loude voyce in the Iewes language, and spake, saying, Heare the wordes of the great King, of the king of Asshur.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And so Rabsakeh stoode, & cryed with a lowde voyce in the Iewes language, and spake, saying: Heare the wordes of the great king, euen of the king of Assyria.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spoke, saying, Hear you the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the chief of the butlers standeth and calleth with a great voice `in' Jewish, and speaketh and saith, `Hear ye a word of the great king, the king of Asshur:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear ye the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear ye the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then the Rab-shakeh got up and said with a loud voice in the Jews' language, Give ear to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spoke, saying, "Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect,“Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 18:19 : 19 Then the Rab-shakeh said to them, "Tell Hezekiah: 'This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is this confidence you have?'
• 2 Chr 32:18 : 18 They called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city.
• Ezra 7:12 : 12 "Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven. Perfect peace, and now:
• Ps 47:2 : 2 Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with joyful cries!
• Isa 10:8-9 : 8 For he says, 'Are not all my princes kings? 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? And is not Samaria like Damascus? 10 Just as my hand seized the kingdoms of idols, whose carved images exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria, 11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols as I have done to Samaria and her images? 12 When the Lord has finished all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will punish the pride of the king of Assyria's heart and the glory of his haughty eyes. 13 For he says, 'By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, plundered their treasures, and brought down their mighty ones like a bull.'
• Isa 36:13-18 : 13 Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out in a loud voice in Hebrew: 'Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! 14 This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot deliver you! 15 And do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD by saying, ‘The LORD will surely rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.’ 16 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat from your own vine and your own fig tree and drink water from your own cistern, 17 until I come and take you to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 18 Do not let Hezekiah mislead you by saying, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?
• Ezek 29:3 : 3 Speak and say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the midst of his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it for myself.’
• Ezek 31:3-9 : 3 Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches, dense shade, and towering height, its top reaching among the thick clouds. 4 The waters nourished it; the deep made it grow tall, sending its rivers around its planting place, and they watered all the trees of the field. 5 So it grew taller than all the trees of the field; its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long because of the abundance of water as it sent them out. 6 All the birds of the sky nested in its branches, every beast of the field gave birth under its boughs, and all the great nations lived in its shade. 7 It was majestic in its size, with long branches, because its roots reached abundant waters. 8 The cedars in God's garden could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare to its branches, and the plane trees were not like its boughs. No tree in the garden of God was equal to it in beauty. 9 I made it beautiful with its many branches, and all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God, envied it. 10 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Because it grew tall, lifting its top among the clouds, and its heart became arrogant because of its height,
• Rev 19:6 : 6 Then I heard what sounded like the voice of a great multitude, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunder, saying, 'Hallelujah! For the Lord God Almighty reigns.'