Isaiah 22:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, who is over the house, [and say],

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִ֖ה צְבָא֑וֹת לֶךְ־בֹּא֙ אֶל־הַסֹּכֵ֣ן הַזֶּ֔ה עַל־שֶׁבְנָ֖א אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־הַבָּֽיִת׃

Transliteration

Thus ʾāmar ʾᵃdōnāy YHWH ṣᵉbāʾôt go-bōʾ to-the-sōkēn the-this to-šebnāʾ who over-the-bayit

Grammar Details

• כֹּ֥ה: adverb - thus/so
• *ʾāmar*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he said
• *ʾᵃdōnāy*: noun with 1st person plural suffix - my Lord
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ṣᵉbāʾôt*: masculine plural - hosts/armies
• לֶךְ־בֹּא֙: Qal imperative, masculine singular + Qal imperative, masculine singular - go, come
• אֶל־הַסֹּכֵ֣ן: preposition + definite article + Qal participle, masculine singular - to the steward/treasurer
• הַזֶּ֔ה: definite article + demonstrative pronoun - this
• עַל־שֶׁבְנָ֖א: preposition + proper noun - to Shebna
• אֲשֶׁ֥ר: relative pronoun - who
• עַל־הַבָּֽיִת: preposition + definite article + masculine singular - over the house

Word Meanings

• *ʾāmar*: said/spoke/declared
• *ʾᵃdōnāy*: my Lord/Master
• *YHWH*: Yahweh/LORD
• *ṣᵉbāʾôt*: hosts/armies
• *bōʾ*: come/enter/go
• *sōkēn*: steward/treasurer/administrator
• *šebnāʾ*: Shebna (name of official)
• *bayit*: house/palace/household

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 18:18 : 18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
• Isa 36:3 : 3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.
• 2 Kgs 18:37 : 37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
• Isa 37:2 : 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
• 2 Kgs 19:2 : 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
• 1 Chr 27:25 : 25 And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah:
• Isa 36:11 : 11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
• Isa 36:22 : 22 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
• 2 Kgs 18:26 : 26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not with us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
• 1 Kgs 4:6 : 6 and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to taskwork.
• 2 Kgs 10:5 : 5 And he that was over the household, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and they that brought up [the children], sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any man king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
• Acts 8:27 : 27 And he arose and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship;