The Meaning of 2 Kings 20:7 Explained

2 Kings 20:7

KJV: And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

YLT: And Isaiah saith, 'Take ye a cake of figs;' and they take and lay it on the boil, and he reviveth.

Darby: And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

ASV: And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Isaiah  said,  Take  a lump  of figs.  And they took  and laid  [it] on the boil,  and he recovered. 

What does 2 Kings 20:7 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 20:1-11 - The Shadow Turned Back On Life's Dial
What a contrast between Hezekiah and the Apostle Paul! To the great Christian hero, death seemed infinitely desirable. He was ready to be offered; it would be gain to depart and be with Christ. But Hezekiah, who had walked before God in truth and with a perfect heart, turned his face to the wall and wept sore as the shadow of death fell upon him. Could anything prove more conclusively how much we owe to the Lord Jesus, who abolished death for those who trust Him?
Who does not know what it is to turn the face to the wall in unutterable anguish? There are moments when we are face to face with a blank wall, and only God can open a door in it. But He did for Hezekiah and He will for you. Only have faith and reckon on God's faithfulness. Has the shadow gone down on your dial? Has the day of your earnest zeal for God begun to wane? Have the bright promises of the morning become overcast? Then turn to God with true repentance! Let Him see thy tears of heart-sorrow, and He will restore the years that the cankerworm has eaten. It shall be with thee as in the past. The shadow shall return on the dial and the days of thy youth shall be renewed. There is a sense in which our sun never goes down, but leads our days forward, when the Lord becomes our Everlasting Light. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 20

1  Hezekiah, having received a message of death, by prayer has his life lengthened
8  The sun goes ten degrees backward for a sign of that promise
12  Berodach-baladan sending to visit Hezekiah has notice of his treasures
14  Isaiah understanding thereof, foretells the Babylonian captivity
20  Manasseh succeeds Hezekiah

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 20:7 mean?

And said Isaiah take a lump of figs So they took and laid [it] on the boil and he recovered
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ קְח֖וּ דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים וַיִּקְח֛וּ וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ עַֽל־ הַשְּׁחִ֖ין וַיֶּֽחִי

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר  And  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ  Isaiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְשַׁעְיָה 
Sense: the major prophet, son of Amoz, who prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem during the days of kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah; author of the prophetic book by his name; tradition has it that he was sawn asunder in the trunk of a carob tree by king Manasseh and that this is the incident referred to in Heb :37.
קְח֖וּ  take 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
דְּבֶ֣לֶת  a  lump 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: דְּבֵלָה  
Sense: fig cake, lump of pressed figs.
תְּאֵנִ֑ים  of  figs 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: תְּאֵנָה  
Sense: fig, fig tree.
וַיִּקְח֛וּ  So  they  took 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ  and  laid  [it] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
הַשְּׁחִ֖ין  the  boil 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁחִין  
Sense: boil, inflamed spot, inflammation, eruption.
וַיֶּֽחִי  and  he  recovered 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָיָה  
Sense: to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health.

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