2 Kings 20:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.”

2 Kings 20:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 20:1116 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יִּקְרָ֛אwayiqərāʾ

bewrayconjH7121

that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···

יְשַׁעְיָ֥הוּyəšaʿəyāhw

IsaiahnounH3470

Jesaiah · Jeshaiah

הַ/נָּבִ֖יאhanābiyʾ

prophecyparticleH5030

that prophesy · prophet

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

וַ/יָּ֣שֶׁבwayāšeb

((breakconjH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הַ/צֵּ֗לhaṣēl

defenceparticleH6738

shade

בַּֽ֠/מַּעֲלוֹתbamaʿălwōt

things that come uppronH4609

degree · deal · go up · stair ···

אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

יָרְדָ֜הyārədāh

bring downverbH3381

abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···

בְּ/מַעֲל֥וֹתbəmaʿălwōt

things that come uppronH4609

degree · deal · go up · stair ···

אָחָ֛זʾāḥāz

AhaznounH271

אֲחֹֽרַנִּ֖יתʾăḥōraniyt

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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