Berean Standard Bible

2 Kings 20:9-11

9And Isaiahיְשַׁעְיָ֗הוּye.sha'.Ya.huH3470had repliedוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Thisזֶה־zeh-H2088will be a signהָאוֹת֙ha.'OtH226to youfromמֵאֵ֣תme.'EtH854the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068thatכִּ֚יkiH3588Heיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068אֶת־'et-H853הַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697will doיַעֲשֶׂ֣הya.'a.SehH6213whatאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834He has promisedדִּבֵּ֑רdi.BerH1696: Would you likethe shadowהַצֵּל֙ha.TzelH6738to goהָלַ֤ךְha.LakhH1980forward tenעֶ֣שֶׂר'E.serH6235stepsמַֽעֲל֔וֹתma.'a.LotH4609,orאִם־'im-H518backיָשׁ֖וּבya.ShuvH7725tenעֶ֥שֶׂר'E.serH6235stepsמַעֲלֽוֹת׃ma.'a.LotH4609?”

10“It is easyנָקֵ֣לna.KelH7043for the shadowלַצֵּ֔לla.TzelH6738to lengthenלִנְט֖וֹתlin.TotH5186tenעֶ֣שֶׂר'E.serH6235stepsמַעֲל֑וֹתma.'a.LotH4609,”answeredוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559Hezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396, “but notלֹ֣א כִ֔יlo' KhiH3808 H3588for itהַצֵּ֛לha.TzelH6738to goיָשׁ֥וּבya.ShuvH7725backאֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית'a.cho.ra.NitH322tenעֶ֥שֶׂר'E.serH6235stepsמַעֲלֽוֹת׃ma.'a.LotH4609.”

11So Isaiahיְשַׁעְיָ֥הוּye.sha'.Ya.huH3470the prophetהַנָּבִ֖יאha.na.Vi'H5030called outוַיִּקְרָ֛אvai.yik.Ra'H7121toאֶל־'el-H413the LORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,and He broughtוַיָּ֣שֶׁבvai.Ya.shevH7725אֶת־'et-H853the shadowהַצֵּ֗ל בַּֽ֠מַּעֲלוֹתha.Tzel Ba.ma.'a.lotH6738 H4609אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834backאֲחֹֽרַנִּ֖ית'a.cho.ra.NitH322the tenעֶ֥שֶׂר'E.serH6235stepsבְּמַעֲל֥וֹתbe.ma.'a.LotH4609it had descendedיָרְדָ֜הya.re.DahH3381on the stairwayמַעֲלֽוֹת׃ פma.'a.LotH4609of Ahazאָחָ֛ז'a.ChazH271.

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