Isaiah

Isaiah 38:8

⁸I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’”

So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I will make	מֵשִׁ֣יב	mê·šîḇ	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return
the sun’s	בַּשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ	baš·še·meš	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular	H8121 sun
shadow	צֵ֣ל	ṣêl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6738 shadow
that	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
falls	יָרְדָה֩	yā·rə·ḏāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3381 come or go down, descend
on the stairway	הַֽמַּעֲל֡וֹת	ham·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H4609 what comes up
of Ahaz	אָחָ֥ז	’ā·ḥāz	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H271 Achaz
go back	אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית	’ă·ḥō·ran·nîṯ	Adverb	H322 backwards
ten	עֶ֣שֶׂר	‘e·śer	Number - feminine singular construct	H6235 ten
steps	מַעֲל֑וֹת	ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H4609 what comes up
So the sunlight	הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙	haš·še·meš	Article; Noun - common singular	H8121 sun
went back	וַתָּ֤שָׁב	wat·tā·šāḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7725 turn back, return
the ten	עֶ֣שֶׂר	‘e·śer	Number - feminine singular construct	H6235 ten
steps	בַּֽמַּעֲל֖וֹת	bam·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine plural	H4609 what comes up
it had descended	יָרָֽדָה׃ס	yā·rā·ḏāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3381 come or go down, descend

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

2 Kings 20:9–11 · Joshua 10:12–14 · Matthew 16:1 · 2 Chronicles 32:24

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.