King James Version

Isaiah 6:1

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.

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בִּשְׁנַתbishnatin yearשָׁנֶהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “in year”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).מוֹת֙motdeadמָוֶתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “dead”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).הַמֶּ֣לֶךְhamelekhthe kingמֶלֶךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.עֻזִּיָּ֔הוּuziyahvUzziahעֻזִּיָּהnoun, proper name — “Uzziah”H5818Uzzijah, the name of five IsraelitesUzziah.וָאֶרְאֶ֧הvaerehand seeרָאָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and see”, the next action in the storyH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אֲדֹנָ֛יadonayLordאֲדֹנָיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “Lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)(my) Lord.יֹשֵׁ֥בyoshevdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, participle, absolute — “dwell”, a verb used as a describing wordH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…כִּסֵּ֖אkisethroneכִּסֵּאnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “throne”, the ordinary formH3678properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)seat, stool, throne.רָ֣םramhighרוּםverb, qal, participle, absolute — “high”, a verb used as a describing wordH7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) prom…וְנִשָּׂ֑אvenisaand lift upנָשָׂאconjunction, verb, niphal, participle, absolute — “and lift up”, a verb used as a describing wordH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…וְשׁוּלָ֖יוveshulayvand skirtשׁוּלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and skirt”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7757a skirt; by implication, a bottom edgehem, skirt, train.מְלֵאִ֥יםmeleimbe at an endמָלֵאverb, qal, participle, absolute — “be at an end”, a verb used as a describing wordH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַהֵיכָֽלhaheykhalthe palaceהֵיכָלdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the palace”, the ordinary formH1964a large public building, such as a palace or templepalace, temple.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

In the year of the death of king Uzziah — I see the Lord, sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train is filling the temple.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

In the year that king Ozias died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and elevated: and his train filled the temple.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And it came to pass in the year in which king Ozias died, that I saw the Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne, and the house was full of his glory.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγένετο τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ οὗ ἀπέθανεν Ὀζίας ὁ βασιλεὺς, εἶδον τὸν Κύριον καθήμενον ἐπὶ θρόνου ὑψηλοῦ καὶ ἐπῃρμένου· καὶ πλήρης ὁ οἶκος τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ.