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Prophetic reader

BH-R04Biblical HebrewMasoretic Hebrew of Tanakh

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

בִּשְׁנַת־מוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ עֻזִּיָּהוּ וָאֶרְאֶה אֶת־אֲדֹנָי יֹשֵׁב עַל־כִּסֵּא רָם וְנִשָּׂא וְשׁוּלָיו מְלֵאִים אֶת־הַהֵיכָֽל׃ שְׂרָפִים עֹמְדִים ׀ מִמַּעַל לוֹ שֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם שֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם לְאֶחָד בִּשְׁתַּיִם ׀ יְכַסֶּה פָנָיו וּבִשְׁתַּיִם יְכַסֶּה רַגְלָיו וּבִשְׁתַּיִם יְעוֹפֵֽף׃ וְקָרָא זֶה אֶל־זֶה וְאָמַר קָדוֹשׁ ׀ קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת מְלֹא כׇל־הָאָרֶץ כְּבוֹדֽוֹ׃

Pedagogical transliterationva-er'eh et-Adonai yoshev al-kisse ... qadosh qadosh qadosh

Plain meaningIsaiah 6:1–3: the prophet sees the enthroned Lord; seraphim stand and proclaim holiness.
Pointing follows Miqra according to the Masorah (MAM); cantillation is omitted on the lesson card for visual focus. The verification evidence retains the exact MAM and OSHB/WLC readings and any witness difference.

WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT

Prophetic reader

The passage moves from first-person vision וָאֶרְאֶה to a description of the enthroned Lord, then to the seraphim’s posture and speech. Participles such as יֹשֵׁב and עֹמְדִים describe the scene. The threefold קָדוֹשׁ belongs to the quoted proclamation; it is not the narrator’s grammar.

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Keep the form, reading, and meaning together.

בִּשְׁנַת־מוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ עֻזִּיָּהוּ וָאֶרְאֶה אֶת־אֲדֹנָי יֹשֵׁב עַל־כִּסֵּא רָם וְנִשָּׂא וְשׁוּלָיו מְלֵאִים אֶת־הַהֵיכָֽל׃ שְׂרָפִים עֹמְדִים ׀ מִמַּעַל לוֹ שֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם שֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם לְאֶחָד בִּשְׁתַּיִם ׀ יְכַסֶּה פָנָיו וּבִשְׁתַּיִם יְכַסֶּה רַגְלָיו וּבִשְׁתַּיִם יְעוֹפֵֽף׃ וְקָרָא זֶה אֶל־זֶה וְאָמַר קָדוֹשׁ ׀ קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת מְלֹא כׇל־הָאָרֶץ כְּבוֹדֽוֹ׃
ORIGINAL

BH-R04

va-er'eh et-Adonai yoshev al-kisse ... qadosh qadosh qadosh
READING

Pedagogical reading guide

Isaiah 6:1–3: the prophet sees the enthroned Lord; seraphim stand and proclaim holiness.
MEANING

Biblical Hebrew

6:1 date + first-person vision + throne/Temple · 6:2 seraphim and six wings · 6:3 antiphonal call + proclamation

EXAMPLES

Examples supplied by the approved curriculum.

Close translation — ‘In the year of King Uzziah’s death, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and the skirts of His robe filled the Temple. Seraphim stood above Him, each with six wings: with two each covered his face, with two each covered his feet, and with two each flew. One called to another and said: Holy, holy, holy is Hashem of hosts; the fullness of all the earth is His glory.’

SOURCE REFERENCE

Isaiah 6:1–3

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APPROVED STUDY LAYERS

Source-specific guidance from the curriculum.

Learning objective

Read prophetic vision syntax while separating what Isaiah sees, what the seraphim do, and what they proclaim.

Morphology and syntax

OSHB provides independent token analysis for the wayyiqtol, participles, numerals, suffixes, and direct-speech verbs.

Practice

Find the finite first-person verb, two participles, the repeated instrumental בְּ phrases, and the boundaries of the direct quotation.

Answer key

Finite first-person: וָאֶרְאֶה. Participles: יֹשֵׁב, עֹמְדִים (also מְלֵאִים). Instrumental phrases: בִּשְׁתַּיִם יְכַסֶּה ... וּבִשְׁתַּיִם ... וּבִשְׁתַּיִם יְעוֹפֵף. Quotation begins קָדוֹשׁ and continues through כְּבוֹדוֹ.

Source notes

The written Divine Name is preserved. Traditional reading substitutes the spoken Name; that convention is not a claim about the written consonants.

REMEMBER

Vision description and quoted proclamation are distinct layers of the passage.