The Meaning of Isaiah 22:20 Explained

Isaiah 22:20

KJV: And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:

YLT: And it hath come to pass, in that day, That I have called to my servant, To Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

Darby: And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkijah;

ASV: And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And it shall come to pass in that day,  that I will call  my servant  Eliakim  the son  of Hilkiah: 

What does Isaiah 22:20 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 22

1  The prophet laments the invasion of Jerusalem
8  He reproves their human wisdom and worldly joy
15  He prophesies Shebna's deprivation
20  And the substitution of Eliakim, prefiguring the kingdom of Christ

What do the individual words in Isaiah 22:20 mean?

And it shall be in day that I will call My servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah
וְהָיָ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וְקָרָ֣אתִי לְעַבְדִּ֔י לְאֶלְיָקִ֖ים בֶּן־ חִלְקִיָּֽהוּ

וְהָיָ֖ה  And  it  shall  be 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בַּיּ֣וֹם  in  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַה֑וּא  that 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
וְקָרָ֣אתִי  I  will  call 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
לְעַבְדִּ֔י  My  servant 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: עֶבֶד  
Sense: slave, servant.
לְאֶלְיָקִ֖ים  Eliakim 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶלְיָקִים  
Sense: the son of Hilkiah, master of Hezekiah’s household.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
חִלְקִיָּֽהוּ  of  Hilkiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חִלְקִיָּה 
Sense: father of Eliakim, an officer of Hezekiah.