2 Kings 20:9:142 Kgs.20.9.W14TAB
הַצֵּל֙
hatsel
“the shadow”
- Transliteration
- ha-TSEL
- Extended
- hah-TSEEL
- IPA
- /hat͡sˈseːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the shadow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-TSEL
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LAKH ha-TSEL
- clause
ha-LAKH ha-TSEL E-ser ma-a-LOT im-ya-SHUV E-ser ma-a-LOT
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-sha-YA-hu ze-le-KHA ha-OT me-ET ye-ho-VAH KI ya-a-SE ye-ho-VAH et-ha-da-VAR a-SHER di-BER ha-LAKH ha-TSEL E-ser ma-a-LOT im-ya-SHUV E-ser ma-a-LOT
Exegesis
The concluding conditional poses the motion of haṣṣēל {הַצֵּל | haṣṣēל} ‘shadow’ moving ʻaśer ma‘ăלֹת {עֶשֶׂר מַעֲל֔וֹת | ʻēser ma‘ăלōṯ} ‘ten steps’, underscoring the certainty of God’s promise through vivid imagery.
Root and etymology
tsade-lamedtsade–lamed
“shadow, shade”
In context — 2 Kings 20:9
Isaiah replied, “This will be your sign from the LORD that the LORD will carry out the thing he has said: should the shadow advance ten steps, or should it go back ten steps?”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:9:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 20:9, so the Hebrew word הַצֵּל֙ (hatsel) 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.20.9.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.9.W14.S1) and character.