Study it in the app“And I said, “Woe to me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and in the midst of a people of unclean lips I dwell; for the King, YHWH Tsevaot, my eyes have seen.””
Isaiah sees Adonai on the throne, and the seraphim cry "Holy, holy, holy"HolinessBefore God's holiness, Isaiah sees himself as he isTurning back to GodIsaiah knows his lips are unclean, and a coal from the altar cleanses themThe Tongue
And I said,וָאֹמַר“Woeאוֹיto me!לִיForכִיI am lost;נִדְמֵיתִיforכִּיIאָנֹכִיam a manאִישׁof uncleanטְמֵאlips,שְׂפָתַיִםand in the midstוּבְתוֹךְof a peopleעַםof uncleanטְמֵאlipsשְׂפָתַיִםIאָנֹכִיdwell;יוֹשֵׁבforכִּיthe King,הַמֶּלֶךְYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתmy eyesעֵינָיhave seen.”רָאוּ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appearswoe, alas
Woe! A cry of lament or a warning of disaster.
Where else “oy” appearsdestroy
To vanish completely, be wiped out, or put an end to something.
Where else “nidmeti” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsdefiled
Stained by sin: "unclean lips".
Where else “teme” appearslip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefatayim” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appearssupreme king
YHWH, king of Israel and the earth.
Where else “melech” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ena” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rau” appears4And the pivots of the thresholds shook at the voice of the one who called, and the house was filling with smoke.
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6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from on the altar.
