2 Kings 20:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.”

2 Kings 20:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 20:1014 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙wayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

יְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּyəḥizəqiyāhw

HezekiahnounH2396

Hizkiah · Hizkijah. Compare

נָקֵ֣לnāqēl

abateverbH7043

make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···

לַ/צֵּ֔לlaṣēl

defencepronH6738

shade

לִ/נְט֖וֹתlinəṭwōt

applypronH5186

afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···

עֶ֣שֶׂרʿeśer

tenadjH6235

(fif- · seven-) teen

מַעֲל֑וֹתmaʿălwōt

things that come upnounH4609

degree · deal · go up · stair ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

כִ֔יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

יָשׁ֥וּבyāšwb

((breakverbH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

הַ/צֵּ֛לhaṣēl

defenceparticleH6738

shade

אֲחֹרַנִּ֖יתʾăḥōraniyt

back (-wardadvH322

again)

עֶ֥שֶׂרʿeśer

tenadjH6235

(fif- · seven-) teen

מַעֲלֽוֹתmaʿălwōt

things that come upnounH4609

degree · deal · go up · stair ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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