Isaiah 6:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also 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 Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
• Rev 15:8 : 8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
• John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
• Rev 7:15-17 : 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
• Dan 7:9 : 9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as 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 backside, sealed with seven seals.
• Matt 25:31 : 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
• Eph 1:20-21 : 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, 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 the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
• Rev 3:21 : 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
• Rev 4:2 : 2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
• Rev 4:10 : 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and 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 a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
• Num 12:8 : 8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant 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 the LORD, 11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
• 1 Kgs 22:19 : 19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD 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 So 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{H8685)}, and know{H8798)} that I am God: I will be exalted{H8799)} among the heathen, I will be exalted{H8799)} 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 the LORD our God, who dwelleth 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, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, 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 ones.
• Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of 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 of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
• Ezek 1:25-28 : 25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had 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 the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. 27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. 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 the LORD. 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 above the head of the cherubims there appeared over 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 the 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 took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.