The Meaning of Isaiah 37:15 Explained

Isaiah 37:15

KJV: And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,

YLT: And Hezekiah prayeth unto Jehovah, saying,

Darby: And Hezekiah prayed to Jehovah, saying,

ASV: And Hezekiah prayed unto Jehovah, saying,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Hezekiah  prayed  unto the LORD,  saying, 

What does Isaiah 37:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 37

1  Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them
6  Isaiah comforts them
8  Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah
14  Hezekiah's prayer
21  Isaiah's prophecy of the destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion
36  An angel slays the Assyrians
37  Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons

What do the individual words in Isaiah 37:15 mean?

And prayed Hezekiah to Yahweh saying
וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל֙ חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ אֶל־ יְהוָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל֙  And  prayed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּלַל 
Sense: to intervene, interpose, pray.
חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ  Hezekiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חִזְקִיָּה 
Sense: 2th king of Judah, son of Ahaz and Abijah; a good king in that he served Jehovah and did away with idolatrous practices.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
לֵאמֹֽר  saying 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.