2 Kings 20:9:192 Kgs.20.9.W19TAB
מַעֲלֽוֹת׃
maalot
“steps”
- Transliteration
- ma-a-LOT
- Extended
- mah-ah-LOHT
- IPA
- /ma.ʕăˈloːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- steps
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ma-a-LOT
- phraseyour reading level
E-ser ma-a-LOT
- 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
ע־ל־ה
“to ascend”
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 20:9:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Kings 20:9, so the Hebrew word מַעֲלֽוֹת׃ (maalot) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.9.W19.S1) and character.