Isaiah 6 יְשַׁעְיָהוּ פרק ו׳
Masoretic Text, word by word with English glosses, the English verse beneath each. Open Isaiah 6 in the interlinear reader for transliteration, roots and notes.
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בִּשְׁנַת־מוֹתin-the-year-of-the-death-ofהַמֶּלֶךְthe-kingעֻזִּיָּהוּUzziahוָאֶרְאֶהand-I-sawאֶת־אֲדֹנָיthe-Lordיֹשֵׁבsittingעַל־כִּסֵּאupon-a-throneרָםhighוְנִשָּׂאand-lifted-upוְשׁוּלָיוand-His-trainמְלֵאִיםfilledאֶת־הַהֵיכׇל׃the-temple
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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שְׂרָפִיםthe-seraphimעֹמְדִיםstandingמִמַּעַלaboveלוֹhimשֵׁשׁsixכְּנָפַיִםwingsשֵׁשׁsixכְּנָפַיִםwingsלְאֶחָדeach-one-hadבִּשְׁתַּיִםwith-twoיְכַסֶּהhe-coveredפָנָיוhis-faceוּבִשְׁתַּיִםand-with-twoיְכַסֶּהhe-coveredרַגְלָיוhis-feetוּבִשְׁתַּיִםand-with-twoיְעוֹפֵף׃he-did-fly
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
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וְקָרָאand-one-calledזֶהthisאֶל־זֶהunto-anotherוְאָמַרand-saidקָדוֹשׁholyקָדוֹשׁholyקָדוֹשׁholyיְהֹוָהthe-LORDצְבָאוֹתof-Hostsמְלֹאthe-fullness-ofכׇל־הָאָרֶץall-the-earthכְּבוֹדוֹ׃is-His-glory
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
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וַיָּנֻעוּand-movedאַמּוֹתthe-posts-ofהַסִּפִּיםthe-doorמִקּוֹלat-the-voice-ofהַקּוֹרֵאthe-callingוְהַבַּיִתand-the-houseיִמָּלֵאwas-filledעָשָׁן׃smoke
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
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וָאֹמַרand-I-saidאוֹי־לִיwoe-is-meכִי־נִדְמֵיתִיfor-I-am-ruinedכִּיbecauseאִישׁa-manטְמֵא־שְׂפָתַיִםunclean-lipsאָנֹכִיIוּבְתוֹךְand-withinעַם־טְמֵאa-people-of-uncleanשְׂפָתַיִםlipsאָנֹכִיIיוֹשֵׁבI-dwellכִּיbecauseאֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְthe-Kingיְהֹוָהthe-LORDצְבָאוֹתof-Hostsרָאוּsawעֵינָי׃my-eyes
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
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וַיָּעׇףthen-flewאֵלַיto-meאֶחָדoneמִן־הַשְּׂרָפִיםof-the-seraphimוּבְיָדוֹand-in-his-handרִצְפָּהa-live-coalבְּמֶלְקַחַיִםwhich-he-had-taken-with-tongsלָקַחtakenמֵעַלfrom-uponהַמִּזְבֵּחַ׃the-altar
Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
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וַיַּגַּעand-he-laid-itעַל־פִּיupon-my-mouthוַיֹּאמֶרand-saidהִנֵּהbeholdנָגַעhas-touchedזֶהthisעַל־שְׂפָתֶיךָupon-your-lipsוְסָרis-taken-awayעֲוֺנֶךָyour-iniquityוְחַטָּאתְךָand-your-sinתְּכֻפָּר׃is-purged
And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
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וָאֶשְׁמַעalso-I-heardאֶת־קוֹלthe-voice-ofאֲדֹנָיLordאֹמֵרsayingאֶת־מִיwhomאֶשְׁלַחshall-I-sendוּמִיand-whosoיֵלֶךְ־לָנוּwill-go-for-usוָאֹמַרand-I-saidהִנְנִיhere-am-Iשְׁלָחֵנִי׃send-me
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
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וַיֹּאמֶרand-saidלֵךְgoוְאָמַרְתָּand-sayלָעָםto-the-peopleהַזֶּהthisשִׁמְעוּhearשָׁמוֹעַindeedוְאַל־תָּבִינוּbut-understand-notוּרְאוּand-seeרָאוֹindeedוְאַל־תֵּדָעוּ׃but-perceive-not
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
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הַשְׁמֵןmake-fatלֵב־הָעָםthe-heart-of-the-peopleהַזֶּהthisוְאׇזְנָיוand-his-earsהַכְבֵּדmake-heavyוְעֵינָיוand-his-eyesהָשַׁעsmear-overפֶּן־יִרְאֶהlest-they-seeבְעֵינָיוwith-their-eyesוּבְאׇזְנָיוand-with-their-earsיִשְׁמָעhearוּלְבָבוֹand-with-their-heartיָבִיןunderstandוָשָׁבand-returnוְרָפָאand-be-healedלוֹ׃them
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
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וָאֹמַרand-I-saidעַד־מָתַיuntil-whenאֲדֹנָיLordוַיֹּאמֶרand-saidעַדuntilאֲשֶׁרwhichאִם־שָׁאוּbe-wastedעָרִיםthe-citiesמֵאֵיןwithoutיוֹשֵׁבinhabitantוּבָתִּיםand-the-housesמֵאֵיןwithoutאָדָםmanוְהָאֲדָמָהand-the-landתִּשָּׁאֶהbe-utterlyשְׁמָמָה׃desolate
Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
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וְרִחַקand-has-removedיְהֹוָהthe-LORDאֶת־הָאָדָםthe-manוְרַבָּהand-there-be-a-greatהָעֲזוּבָהforsakingבְּקֶרֶבin-the-midst-ofהָאָרֶץ׃the-earth
And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
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וְעוֹדand-ifבָּהּin-itעֲשִׂרִיָּהone-tenthוְשָׁבָהand-shall-againוְהָיְתָהand-it-beלְבָעֵרconsumedכָּאֵלָהlike-a-terebinthוְכָאַלּוֹןand-as-an-oakאֲשֶׁרwhichבְּשַׁלֶּכֶתwhen-they-cast-their-leavesמַצֶּבֶתwhose-stumpבָּםin-themזֶרַעseedקֹדֶשׁholyמַצַּבְתָּהּ׃is-its-stump
But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.