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Eliakim ... Hilkiah ... Shebnah
See how you translated these men's names in Isaiah 22:20.
Shebnah
See how you translated this man's name in Isaiah 22:15.
Joah
See how you translated this man's name in Isaiah 36:3
chief commander
See how you translated this in Isaiah 36:2.
Please speak to your servants
Eliakim, Shebnah, and Joah refer to themselves as the chief commander's servants. This is a polite way to speak to someone who has greater authority.
the Aramean language, Aramaic
"Aramean" is the name of a people group. "Aramaic" is the name of their language. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
in the ears of the people who are on the wall
The idiom "to speak in someone's ear" means to speak where they can hear you. Alternate translation: "where the people who are on the wall may hear us" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
who are on the wall
This means that they are standing on the wall. The top of the wall was wide and a place where people could sit or stand. The full meaning of this statement can be made clear. Alternate translation: "who are standing on the wall" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)