Isaiah 38:8
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“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.”
יָרַד
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)
מַעֲלָה
steps
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מַעֲלָה
Steps, ascent, degrees. Mahalah. The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD. God orders every step. You are not stumbling through life. You are being led.
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צֵל
the shadow of
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צֵל
Shadow, shade. Tsel. Under the shadow of His wings. The shadow of God is not darkness. It is protection from the heat of every trial.
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שׁוּב
am about to turn back
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שׁוּב
To return, to turn back. Shuwb. The Hebrew word behind both repentance and restoration. Return to Me and I will return to you.
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עֶשֶׂר
ten
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עֶשֶׂר
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
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הֵן
here/ I
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הֵן
lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
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