Isaiah 6:1
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“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.”
רוּם
To be high, to be exalted, to rise. Ruwm. I dwell on a high and holy place but also with the contrite. God is both transcendent and intimately near.
יָשַׁב
sitting
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יָשַׁב
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
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מֶלֶךְ
King
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מֶלֶךְ
King. Melek. A ruler with supreme authority. The LORD is King forever and ever. Every earthly king is answerable to the King of kings.
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אֲדֹנָי
Lord
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אֲדֹנָי
Lord, Master. Adonai. The name used when Yahweh was too holy to speak aloud. He is Lord of all. Everything answers to Him.
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מָוֶת
the death of
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מָוֶת
Death. Mavet. The cessation of life. But God holds the keys of death and promised resurrection to all who are in Him.
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יְהֹוָה
LORD
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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נָשָׂא
Lifted up
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נָשָׂא
To lift up, to bear, to forgive. Nasa. God lifts the weight of guilt. He carries what we cannot carry.
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מָלֵא
were filling
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מָלֵא
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
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הֵיכָל
Temple
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הֵיכָל
a large public building, such as a palace or temple
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כִּסֵּא
Throne
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כִּסֵּא
properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
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גָּבֹהַּ
High
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גָּבֹהַּ
elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
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עֻזִּיָּה
Uzziah
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עֻזִּיָּה
Uzzijah, the name of five Israelites
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