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2 Kings 20:8-11

8And Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Isaiahיְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּye.sha'.Ya.huH3470, What shall bethe signא֔וֹת'otH226that Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068will healיִרְפָּ֥אyir.Pa'H7495me, and that I shall go upוְעָלִ֛יתִיve.'a.Li.tiH5927into the houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068the thirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֖יha.she.li.ShiH7992dayבַּיּ֥וֹםbai.YomH3117?

9And Isaiahיְשַׁעְיָ֗הוּye.sha'.Ya.huH3470saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,This signהָאוֹת֙ha.'OtH226shalt thou have of Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,that Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068will doיַעֲשֶׂ֣הya.'a.SehH6213the thingהַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697that he hath spokenדִּבֵּ֑רdi.BerH1696:shall the shadowהַצֵּל֙ha.TzelH6738go forwardהָלַ֤ךְha.LakhH1980tenעֶ֣שֶׂר'E.serH6235degreesמַֽעֲל֔וֹתma.'a.LotH4609,or go backיָשׁ֖וּבya.ShuvH7725tenעֶ֥שֶׂר'E.serH6235degreesמַעֲלֽוֹת׃ma.'a.LotH4609?

10And HezekiahH3169answeredוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559,It is a light thingנָקֵ֣לna.KelH7043for the shadowלַצֵּ֔לla.TzelH6738to go downלִנְט֖וֹתlin.TotH5186tenעֶ֣שֶׂר'E.serH6235degreesמַעֲל֑וֹתma.'a.LotH4609:nay, but let the shadowהַצֵּ֛לha.TzelH6738returnיָשׁ֥וּבya.ShuvH7725backwardאֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית'a.cho.ra.NitH322tenעֶ֥שֶׂר'E.serH6235degreesמַעֲלֽוֹת׃ma.'a.LotH4609.

11And Isaiahיְשַׁעְיָ֥הוּye.sha'.Ya.huH3470the prophetהַנָּבִ֖יאha.na.Vi'H5030criedוַיִּקְרָ֛אvai.yik.Ra'H7121unto Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068:and he broughtוַיָּ֣שֶׁבvai.Ya.shevH7725the shadowהַצֵּ֗לha.TzelH6738tenעֶ֥שֶׂר'E.serH6235degreesבַּֽ֠מַּעֲלוֹתBa.ma.'a.lotH4609backwardאֲחֹֽרַנִּ֖ית'a.cho.ra.NitH322,byבְּמַעֲל֥וֹתbe.ma.'a.LotH4609which it had gone downיָרְדָ֜הya.re.DahH3381in the dialמַעֲלֽוֹת׃ פma.'a.LotH4609of Ahazאָחָ֛ז'a.ChazH271.

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