What Does Isaiah 6:1 Mean in the King James?
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.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The king named “Yah is strength” dies, yet the Lord remains seated, with even the hem of his robe filling the temple.
THE MEANING
When a visible source of strength falls away, the Lord remains seated; authority is not left vacant. Even the hem of the Lord’s robe fills the temple, so the One high above is present throughout the sacred space.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A visible ruler is the ultimate source of strength; once that ruler is gone, the throne is empty and the sacred is remote.
THE ROOT
עֻזִּיָּהוּ
ʿUzzîyāhû
GROWS FROM
עזז
ʿzz
Be strong; strength.
Uzziah’s name means “Yah is strength.” The verse places that name beside the king’s death, then shows the Lord still seated: strength is not confined to its human bearer.
ALSO GROWS
ʿōz: Strength, might.
עֹז
This is the strength element in Uzziah’s name, making the name itself point beyond the king.
ʿāzûz: Mighty, strong.
עָזוּז
This branch names strength as a quality, while the verse’s enduring seat belongs to the Lord.
נִשָּׂא
niśśāʾ
GROWS FROM
נשא
nśʾ
Lift, carry, bear.
English “lifted up” can suggest only a fixed position, but נשא also means to carry or bear. The same root links elevation with what is borne, so the image carries more than altitude.
ALSO GROWS
nāśāʾ: Lift, carry, bear.
נָשָׂא
The root’s range includes both raising and carrying, adding a bearing sense to the Lord’s elevation.
maśśāʾ: Load, burden; oracle.
מַשָּׂא
A burden is something carried, keeping the root’s carrying sense beside the image of being lifted.
nāśîʾ: Chief, prince.
נָשִׂיא
This title is associated with one raised to leadership, showing how the root’s lifting sense can extend to rank.
רָם
rām
GROWS FROM
רום
rûm
Rise; be high or exalted.
“high” in this verse is rām. רָם names height or exaltedness, while the neighboring נִשָּׂא comes from a different root meaning lift or carry. Their pairing gives the vision two dimensions where English can sound like simple repetition.
ALSO GROWS
mārôm: Height, high place.
מָרוֹם
This branch makes the spatial sense of the Lord’s height explicit.
tərûmāh: Contribution or offering set apart.
תְּרוּמָה
The word carries the root’s sense of raising or lifting, echoing the verse’s elevation language.
THE PATTERN
The Lord’s rule is shown as both enthroned and expansive: the One seated above is present through the sacred place.
The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.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.And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.THE THREAD
Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.Isaiah 52:13 pairs the same roots, רום (rûm, to be high) and נשא (nāśāʾ, to lift), that describe the Lord’s elevation here. The shared language makes the servant’s exaltation echo this throne vision.
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