2 Kings 20:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְרָ֛א יְשַׁעְיָ֥הוּ הַנָּבִ֖יא אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה וַיָּ֣שֶׁב אֶת־הַצֵּ֗ל בַּֽ֠מַּעֲלוֹת אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָרְדָ֜ה בְּמַעֲל֥וֹת אָחָ֛ז אֲחֹֽרַנִּ֖ית עֶ֥שֶׂר מַעֲלֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

wə-yiqrāʾ Yəšaʿyāhû the-nābîʾ to-YHWH; wə-yāšeb ʾet-the-ṣēl in-the-maʿălôt which yārədâ in-maʿălôt ʾĀḥāz ʾăḥōrannît ʿeśer maʿălôt.

Grammar Details

• *wə*-: conjunction - and
• *yiqrāʾ*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he called
• *Yəšaʿyāhû*: proper name - Isaiah
• *nābîʾ*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the prophet
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *yāšeb*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he brought back
• *ṣēl*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the shadow
• *maʿălôt*: feminine plural noun - steps/degrees
• *yārədâ*: qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - it had gone down
• *ʾĀḥāz*: proper name - Ahaz
• *ʾăḥōrannît*: adverb - backward
• *ʿeśer*: feminine numeral - ten

Word Meanings

• *yiqrāʾ*: he called/he cried out
• *yāšeb*: he brought back/he returned/he restored
• *yārədâ*: had gone down/had descended

Referenced Verses

• Josh 10:12-14 : 12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
• Isa 38:8 : 8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
• Acts 9:40 : 40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
• Exod 14:15 : 15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
• 1 Kgs 17:20-21 : 20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? 21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.
• 1 Kgs 18:36-38 : 36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. 37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. 38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
• 2 Chr 32:24 : 24 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
• 2 Chr 32:31 : 31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.