Isaiah 38:8
Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps.”’” So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- אֲחֹרַנִּיתʼăchôrannîythbackwards
- מַעֲלָהmaʻălâhelevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought a
- אָחָזʼÂchâzAchaz, the name of a Jewish king and of an Israelite
- צֵלtsêlshade, whether literal or figurative
- שֶׁמֶשׁshemeshthe sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched bat
- עֶשֶׂרʻeserten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
- יָרַדyâradto descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore,
- שׁוּבshûwbto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.