- *wə-yōʾmer*
- waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
- *ʾelyāqîm*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Eliakim
- *ben*
- noun, masculine singular construct - son of
- *ḥilqîyāhû*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Hilkiah
- *šebnāh*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Shebnah
- *yôʾāḥ*
- proper noun, masculine singular - Joah
- *rab*-*šāqēh*
- compound title - chief cupbearer/field commander
- *dabber*
- piel imperative, masculine singular - speak
- *nāʾ*
- particle - please/now
- *ʿăbādeykā*
- noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your servants
- *ʾărāmît*
- adverb - in Aramaic
- *šōməʿîm*
- qal participle, masculine plural - hearing/understanding
- *ʾănāḥnû*
- personal pronoun, 1st common plural - we
- *tədabbēr*
- piel imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you speak
- *yəhûdît*
- adverb - in Judean/Hebrew
- *ʾoznê*
- noun, feminine dual construct - ears of
- *ʿām*
- noun, masculine singular - people
- *ḥômāh*
- noun, feminine singular - wall