2 Kings 20:11:62 Kgs.20.11.W6TAB
אֶת־הַצֵּ֗ל
ethatsel
“the shadow”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-TSEL
- Extended
- eet-hah-TSEEL
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hatˈtseːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the shadow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
et-ha-TSEL
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SHEV et-ha-TSEL
- clause
va-ya-SHEV et-ha-TSEL ba-ma-a-LOT a-SHER yar-DA be-ma-a-LOT a-KHAZ a-kho-ra-NIT E-ser ma-a-LOT
- sentence
va-yik-RA ye-sha-ya-HU ha-na-VI el-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-SHEV et-ha-TSEL ba-ma-a-LOT a-SHER yar-DA be-ma-a-LOT a-KHAZ a-kho-ra-NIT E-ser ma-a-LOT
Exegesis
The direct object ʾet-hā-ṣēl {אֶת־הַצֵּל | ʾet-hā-ṣēl} ‘the shadow’ appears in the locative ba-ma‘ălôṯ {בַּמַּעֲלוֹת | ba-maʿălôṯ} ‘on the steps’, modified by the relative clause ʾašer yāreḏāh {אֲשֶׁר יָרְדָה | ʾašer yāreḏāh} ‘which it had descended’.
Root and etymology
Rootṣ-l
“shade, shadow”
In context — 2 Kings 20:11
And Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD , and He restored the shadow on the steps of Ahaz’s stairway, bringing it back by ten steps—the steps by which it had descended.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 20:11, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַצֵּ֗ל (ethatsel) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Kgs.20.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.11.W6.S1) and character.