Study it in the app“This same Hezekiah stopped up the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them down to the west of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his work.”
This same Hezekiahוְהוּא יְחִזְקִיָּהוּstopped upסָתַםthe upperאֶת הָעֶלְיוֹןoutletמוֹצָאof the watersמֵימֵיof Gihonגִיחוֹןand directed themוַיַּישְּׁרֵםdownלְמַטָּהto the westמַּעְרָבָהof the cityלְעִירof David.דָּוִידAnd Hezekiahוַ יְחִזְקִיָּהוּprosperedיַּצְלַחin allבְּכָלhis work.מַעֲשֵׂהוּ
Hezekiah
Hezekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is my strength" or "YHWH strengthens." Best known is the king of Judah, son of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:20; 18-20; Isaiah 36-39); other men also bear it (Zephaniah 1:1; Nehemiah 7:21).
Where else “yechizkiyahu” appearsstop up
To plug wells or breaches.
Where else “satam” appearsMost High, Elyon
"Elyon": the highest, the Most High. It is a title of God: there is no one above him. As an adjective, upper, high.
Where else “elyon” appearsexit
Where one leaves a place, or where the sun appears.
Where else “motsa” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “meme” appearsGihon
Gihon, one of the four rivers of Eden, which is not known for certain; also a spring beside Jerusalem.
Where else “gichon” appearsmake straight
To keep a true course, or level the way.
Where else “yayshre” appearsbelow, downward
Below, downward, beneath.
Where else “mata” appearswest
West: the side where the sun sets.
Where else “marava” appearswalled part
The walled part: "the city of David".
Where else “ir” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsprosper
To go well, thrive.
Where else “yatslach” appearswork
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears29He made cities for himself, and livestock of flocks and herds in abundance, for Elohim had given him very great wealth.
30 · This verse (above)
31And so, with the interpreters of the officials of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, Elohim left him, to test him, to know all that was in his heart.
