en_tn_lite_do_not_use/isa/36/11.md

# Eliakim ... Hilkiah ... Shebnah

See how you translated these men's names in [Isaiah 22:20](../22/20.md).

# Shebnah

See how you translated this man's name in [Isaiah 22:15](../22/15.md).

# Joah
See how you translated this man's name in [Isaiah 36:3](./03.md)

# chief commander

See how you translated this in [Isaiah 36:2](./02.md).

# 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]])