| “But Rabshakeh” | רַבְשָׁקֵ֗ה | Rabshakeh, a Babylonian official | Rabshakeh |
| “said,” | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “Hath my master” | אֲדֹנֶ֤יךָ | Sovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine) | master |
| “sent” | שְׁלָחַ֣נִי | To send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) | sent |
| “me to” | הַאֶ֨ל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | me to |
| “thy master” | אֲדֹנִ֔י | Sovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine) | master |
| “and to” | וְאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ | Near, with or among; often in general, to | and to |
| “thee to speak” | לְדַבֵּ֖ר | Perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue | speak |
| “these” | הָאֵ֑לֶּה | These or those | these |
| “words?” | הַדְּבָרִ֣ים | A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause | words |
| “hath he” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “not” | הֲלֹ֣א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “sent me” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “to” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | to |
| “the men” | הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים | A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) | men |
| “that sit” | הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ | Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry | sit |
| “upon” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
| “the wall,” | הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה | A wall of protection | wall |
| “that they may eat” | לֶאֱכֹ֣ל | To eat (literally or figuratively) | eat |
| “their own dung,” | חַרְאֵיהֶם | Excrement | own dung |
| “and drink” | וְלִשְׁתּ֛וֹת | To imbibe (literally or figuratively) | drink |
| “their own piss” | שֵׁינֵיהֶם | Urine | own piss |
| “with you?” | עִמָּכֶֽם׃ | 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) | with you |