2 Kings

2 Kings 20:11

¹¹So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So Isaiah	יְשַׁעְיָ֥הוּ	yə·ša‘·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3470 Jeshajah
the prophet	הַנָּבִ֖יא	han·nā·ḇî	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet
called out	וַיִּקְרָ֛א	way·yiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
and He brought	וַיָּ֣שֶׁב	way·yā·šeḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return
the shadow	הַצֵּ֗ל	haṣ·ṣêl	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6738 shadow
back	אֲחֹֽרַנִּ֖ית	’ă·ḥō·ran·nîṯ	Adverb	H322 backwards
the ten	עֶ֥שֶׂר	‘e·śer	Number - feminine singular construct	H6235 ten
steps	בְּמַעֲל֥וֹת	bə·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct	H4609 what comes up
it had descended	יָרְדָ֜ה	yā·rə·ḏāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3381 come or go down, descend
on the stairway	מַעֲלֽוֹת׃פ	ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H4609 what comes up
of Ahaz	אָחָ֛ז	’ā·ḥāz	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H271 Achaz

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.