Isaiah 6:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בִּשְׁנַת־מוֹת֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ עֻזִּיָּ֔הוּ וָאֶרְאֶ֧ה אֶת־אֲדֹנָ֛י יֹשֵׁ֥ב עַל־כִּסֵּ֖א רָ֣ם וְנִשָּׂ֑א וְשׁוּלָ֖יו מְלֵאִ֥ים אֶת־הַהֵיכָֽל׃

Transliteration

In shənat-mot the melek ʿUzziyyāhû wāʾerʾeh ʾet-ʾădōnāy yōshēb upon-kissēʾ rām wəniśśāʾ and shûlāyw məlēʾîm ʾet-the hêkāl.

Grammar Details

• *shənat-mot*: construct state - year of death
• *melek*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the king
• *ʿUzziyyāhû*: proper noun - Uzziah
• *wāʾerʾeh*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I saw
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ʾădōnāy*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my Lord
• *yōshēb*: qal participle, masculine singular - sitting/enthroned
• *kissēʾ*: noun, masculine singular - throne
• *rām*: adjective, masculine singular - high/exalted
• *wəniśśāʾ*: waw conjunction + niphal participle, masculine singular - and lifted up/exalted
• *shûlāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his train/hem/skirts
• *məlēʾîm*: adjective, masculine plural - filling/full
• *hêkāl*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the temple/palace

Word Meanings

• *ʾădōnāy*: Lord/Master/my Lord (divine title)
• *kissēʾ*: throne/seat of honor
• *rām*: high/exalted/lofty
• *niśśāʾ*: lifted up/exalted/elevated
• *shûlāyw*: train/hem/skirts/flowing robe edges
• *hêkāl*: temple/palace/sanctuary

Referenced Verses

• John 12:41 : 41 These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory; and he spake of him.
• Rev 15:8 : 8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and none was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels should be finished.
• John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
• Rev 7:15-17 : 15 Therefore {G5124} are they before the throne of God; and they serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall spread his tabernacle over them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat: 17 for the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.
• Dan 7:9 : 9 I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.
• Rev 5:1 : 1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals.
• Matt 25:31 : 31 But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:
• Eph 1:20-21 : 20 which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly [places], 21 far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
• 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honor and power eternal. Amen.
• Rev 3:21 : 21 He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.
• Rev 4:2 : 2 {G2532} Straightway I was in the Spirit: and behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting upon the throne;
• Rev 4:10 : 10 the four and twenty elders shall fall down before him that sitteth on the throne, and shall worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and shall cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
• Exod 24:10-11 : 10 and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.
• Num 12:8 : 8 with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Jehovah shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?
• 1 Kgs 8:10-11 : 10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah, 11 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah.
• 1 Kgs 22:19 : 19 And [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
• 2 Kgs 15:7 : 7 And Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
• Ps 46:10 : 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
• Ps 108:5 : 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, And thy glory above all the earth.
• Ps 113:5 : 5 Who is like unto Jehovah our God, That hath his seat on high,
• Isa 1:1 : 1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
• Isa 12:4 : 4 And in that day shall ye say, Give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name, declare his doings among the peoples, make mention that his name is exalted.
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
• Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest?
• Ezek 1:1 : 1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
• Ezek 1:25-28 : 25 And there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings. 26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above. 27 And I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him. 28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
• Ezek 10:1 : 1 Then I looked, and behold, in the firmament that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
• 2 Chr 26:22-23 : 22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. 23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
• Rev 5:7 : 7 And he came, and he taketh [it] out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne.