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ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWHיְהוִהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹת“Go,לֶךְcomeבֹּאto that steward,אֶל הַסֹּכֵן הַזֶּהto Shebna,עַל שֶׁבְנָאwho isאֲשֶׁרoverעַלthe house:הַבָּיִת
Isaiah 22:15
Study it in the app“Thus says Adonai YHWH Tsevaot: “Go, come to that steward, to Shebna, who is over the house:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 22:15, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- “Goלֶךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- comeבֹּאbo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bo” appears- to that stewardסֹּכֵןsochen
steward
One who serves a king or a house closely: she who tends the aged king, the steward of the palace.
Where else “sochen” appears- to Shebnaשֶׁבְנָאshevna
Shebna
Shebna. The name of King Hezekiah's scribe (2 Kings 18:18, 37; 19:2). Isaiah 22:15 speaks of a Shebna "who is over the house," whom YHWH rebukes.
Where else “shevna” appears- the houseבָּיִתbayit
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bayit” appears
The context
14And YHWH Tsevaot revealed himself in my ears: “Certainly not will this iniquity be expiated for you until you die,” says Adonai YHWH Tsevaot.
15 · This verse (above)
16‘What do you have here, and whom do you have here, that you have hewn for yourself here a grave?’ (hewing on high his grave, carving in the crag a dwelling for himself).