2 Kings 19:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ יְשַֽׁעְיָ֣הוּ בֶן־אָמ֔וֹץ אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ לֵאמֹ֑ר כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִתְפַּלַּ֧לְתָּ אֵלַ֛י אֶל־סַנְחֵרִ֥ב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃

Transliteration

And-yišlaḥ Yᵊša'yāhû ben-'Āmôṣ to-Ḥizqîyāhû lē'mōr: Thus-'āmar YHWH 'ĕlōhê Yiśrā'ēl, which hitpallaltā to-me regarding-Sanḥērîḇ melek-'Aššûr šāmā'tî.

Grammar Details

• *yišlaḥ*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he sent
• *Yᵊša'yāhû*: proper noun, masculine singular - Isaiah
• *ben*: noun masculine singular construct - son of
• *'Āmôṣ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Amoz
• *Ḥizqîyāhû*: proper noun, masculine singular - Hezekiah
• *lē'mōr*: Qal infinitive construct with preposition - to say
• *'āmar*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *'ĕlōhê*: noun masculine plural construct - God of
• *Yiśrā'ēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *hitpallaltā*: Hitpael perfect 2nd masculine singular - you prayed
• *Sanḥērîḇ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Sennacherib
• *melek*: noun masculine singular construct - king of
• *'Aššûr*: proper noun - Assyria
• *šāmā'tî*: Qal perfect 1st common singular - I have heard

Word Meanings

• *yišlaḥ*: sent/dispatched
• *ben*: son of/descendant of
• *lē'mōr*: saying/to say
• *'āmar*: said/spoke/declared
• *hitpallaltā*: you prayed/interceded/entreated
• *šāmā'tî*: I have heard/listened to/heeded

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 20:5 : 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
• 2 Chr 32:20-21 : 20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. 21 And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.
• Job 22:27 : 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
• Ps 50:15 : 15 And call{H8798)} upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver{H8762)} thee, and thou shalt glorify{H8762)} me.
• Ps 65:2 : 2 O thou that hearest{H8802)} prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come{H8799)}.
• Isa 58:9 : 9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
• Isa 65:24 : 24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
• Jer 33:3 : 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
• Dan 9:20-23 : 20 And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; 21 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. 22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. 23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
• John 11:42 : 42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
• Acts 10:4 : 4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
• Acts 10:31 : 31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
• 1 John 5:14-15 : 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
• 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
• 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.