“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
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּyəḥizəqiyāhw
HezekiahnounH2396
Hizkiah · Hizkijah. Compare
נָקֵ֣לnāqēl
it is triflingverbH7043
make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···
לַ/צֵּ֔לlaṣēl
to the shadowpronH6738
shade
לִ/נְט֖וֹתlinəṭwōt
to stretch outpronH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
עֶ֣שֶׂרʿeśer
tenadjH6235
(fif- · seven-) teen
מַעֲל֑וֹתmaʿălwōt
stepsnounH4609
degree · deal · go up · stair ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
In-particleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
כִ֔יkiy
deedconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יָשׁ֥וּבyāšwb
let it go backverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
הַ/צֵּ֛לhaṣēl
the shadowparticleH6738
shade
אֲחֹרַנִּ֖יתʾăḥōraniyt
backwardsadvH322
again)
עֶ֥שֶׂרʿeśer
tenadjH6235
(fif- · seven-) teen
מַעֲלֽוֹתmaʿălwōt
stepsnounH4609
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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