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Isaiah 38:8

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And this [shall be] a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;	Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.	The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Behold, I will bring again^H7725 the shadow^H6738 of the degrees^H4609, which is gone down^H3381 in the sun^H8121 dial^H4609 of Ahaz^H271, ten^H6235 degrees^H4609 backward^H322. So the sun^H8121 returned^H7725 ten^H6235 degrees^H4609, by which degrees^H4609 it was gone down^H3381.

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Original Hebrew

הִנְנִי מֵשִׁיב אֶת־צֵל הַמַּעֲלֹות אֲשֶׁר יָרְדָה בְמַעֲלֹות אָחָז בַּשֶּׁמֶשׁ אֲחֹרַנִּית עֶשֶׂר מַעֲלֹות וַתָּשָׁב הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ עֶשֶׂר מַעֲלֹות בַּמַּעֲלֹות אֲשֶׁר יָרָדָה׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הִנְ/נִ֣י	hi./Ni	H2005	HTm/Sp1cs	here/ I
מֵשִׁ֣יב	me.Shiv	H7725	HVhrmsa	(am) about to turn back
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
צֵ֣ל	tzel	H6738	HNcmsc	(the) shadow of
הַֽ/מַּעֲל֡וֹת	ha./ma.'a.Lot	H4609	HTd/Ncfpa	the/ steps
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
יָרְדָה֩	ya.re.Dah	H3381	HVqp3fs	it had gone down
בְ/מַעֲל֨וֹת	ve./ma.'a.Lot	H4609	HR/Ncfpc	on/ (the) steps of
אָחָ֥ז	'a.Chaz	H271	HNp	Ahaz
בַּ/שֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ	ba./She.mesh	H8121	HRd/Ncbsa	with the/ sun
אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית	'a.cho.ra.Nit	H322	HD	backwards
עֶ֣שֶׂר	'E.ser	H6235	HAcfsa	ten
מַעֲל֑וֹת	ma.'a.Lot	H4609	HNcfpa	steps
וַ/תָּ֤שָׁב	va./Ta.shov	H7725	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ it went back
הַ/שֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙	ha./She.mesh	H8121	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ sun
עֶ֣שֶׂר	'E.ser	H6235	HAcfsa	ten
מַעֲל֔וֹת	ma.'a.Lot	H4609	HNcfpa	steps
בַּֽ/מַּעֲל֖וֹת	ba./ma.'a.Lot	H4609	HRd/Ncfpa	on the/ steps
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
יָרָֽדָה	ya.Ra.dah	H3381	HVqp3fs	it had gone down

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H271 — אָחָז (ʼÂchâz, aw-khawz'): from אָחַז; possessor; Achaz, the name of a Jewish king and of an Israelite; Ahaz.
• H322 — אֲחֹרַנִּית (ʼăchôrannîyth, akh-o-ran-neeth'): prolonged from אָחוֹר; backwards; back (-ward, again).
• H3381 — יָרַד (yârad, yaw-rad'): a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
• H4609 — מַעֲלָה (maʻălâh, mah-al-aw'): feminine of מַעֲלֶה; elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms); things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.
• H6235 — עֶשֶׂר (ʻeser, eh'ser): masculine of term עֲשָׂרָה; from עָשַׂר; ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits); ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.
• H6738 — צֵל (tsêl, tsale): from צָלַל; shade, whether literal or figurative; defence, shade(-ow).
• H7725 — שׁוּב (shûwb, shoob): a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
• H8121 — שֶׁמֶשׁ (shemesh, sheh'-mesh): from an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement; [phrase] east side(-ward), sun (rising), [phrase] west(-ward), window. See also בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H2005 — הֵן (hên, hane): a primitive particle; lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if; behold, if, lo, though.

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