2 Kings
2 Kings 20:7–8
7Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.
8Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”
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2 Kings 20:7
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then Isaiah | יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ | yə·ša‘·yā·hū | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3470 Jeshajah |
| said | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Prepare | קְח֖וּ | qə·ḥū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H3947 take |
| a poultice | דְּבֶ֣לֶת | də·ḇe·leṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H1690 lump of pressed figs, pressed (fig-) cake |
| of figs | תְּאֵנִ֑ים | tə·’ê·nîm | Noun - feminine plural | H8384 fig |
| So they brought it | וַיִּקְח֛וּ | way·yiq·ḥū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H3947 take |
| and applied | וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ | way·yā·śî·mū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H7760 put, place, set |
| it to | עַֽל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the boil | הַשְּׁחִ֖ין | haš·šə·ḥîn | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7822 boil |
| and | וַיֶּֽחִי׃ | way·ye·ḥî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H2421 live |
2 Kings 20:8
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now Hezekiah | חִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ | ḥiz·qî·yā·hū | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H2396 Chizkijah |
| had asked | וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Isaiah | יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ | yə·ša‘·yā·hū | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3470 Jeshajah |
| What | מָ֣ה | māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| will be the sign | א֔וֹת | ’ō·wṯ | Noun - common singular | H226 sign |
| that | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| will heal | יִרְפָּ֥א | yir·pā | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7495 heal |
| me | לִ֑י | lî | Preposition; first person common singular | |
| and that I will go up | וְעָלִ֛יתִי | wə·‘ā·lî·ṯî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| to the house | בֵּ֥ית | bêṯ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1004 house |
| of the LORD | יְהוָֽה׃ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| on the third | הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֖י | haš·šə·lî·šî | Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular | H7992 third |
| day | בַּיּ֥וֹם | bay·yō·wm | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
Cross-references
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2 Kings 20:7 Isaiah 38:21
2 Kings 20:8 Judges 6:17 · Isaiah 7:11 · Hosea 6:2 · 2 Kings 19:29 · 2 Kings 20:5
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.