יְכַסֶּ֥ה (yə·ḵas·seh) in Isaiah 6:2: Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Hebrew-verb

Verb

Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Piel

Imperf

Third

Masculine

Singular

Not applicable

None

The imperfect portrays the characteristic action seen in the vision rather than isolating one completed movement.

Piel presents the covering action, while third masculine singular agreement tracks each seraph distributively in the repeated six-wing description.

The feet of each seraph with two of that seraph's six wings

Isaiah's throne-room description before the seraphim call to one another about the Lord's holiness

The Piel imperfect describes each masculine singular seraph covering his feet, although English represents the repeated individual action with plural they.

The singular Hebrew verb does not reduce the scene to one seraph, and the intensive stem does not explain the symbolic meaning of covered feet.

Moderate: Each heavenly attendant uses two wings to cover the feet while standing above the enthroned Lord, a posture embedded in the vision's reverent presentation.

Piel presents the covering action, while third masculine singular agreement tracks each seraph distributively in the repeated six-wing description.. The Piel imperfect describes each masculine singular seraph covering his feet, although English represents the repeated individual action with plural they.. Attached to the feet of each seraph with two of that seraph's six wings. Governed by Isaiah's throne-room description before the seraphim call to one another about the Lord's holiness. The singular Hebrew verb does not reduce the scene to one seraph, and the intensive stem does not explain the symbolic meaning of covered feet.

Why can a third masculine singular verb be translated they covered in Isaiah 6:2? The verse describes each seraph individually, while English gathers the repeated action of the seraphim into a plural statement.

Direct: They covered reads the vision naturally in English, but the Hebrew singular keeps the focus on what each seraph does with two wings.

Singular agreement is distributive within a plural scene and should not be mistaken for a change in the number of seraphim. Covering the feet suggests reverent restraint in context, but morphology does not define the gesture's entire symbolism.

Singular verb means one seraph: Each functions distributively, so a singular action is predicated of every seraph in the group. Piel proves an exact ritual meaning: The stem profiles the covering action; the visionary setting, not morphology alone, guides its significance. morphology replaces literary context: The H3680 form clarifies the they covered relation in Isaiah 6:2; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.

At Isaiah 6:2, the Isaiah 6:2 source token יְכַסֶּ֥ה is H3680, V-Piel-Imperf-3ms. The H3680 Isaiah 6:2 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.

כָּסָה is the lemma behind they covered here. Within Isaiah 6:2, H3680 retains this exact lexical identity.

Piel presents the covering action, while third masculine singular agreement tracks each seraph distributively in the repeated six-wing description.

Each heavenly attendant uses two wings to cover the feet while standing above the enthroned Lord, a posture embedded in the vision's reverent presentation.

The seraphim's covered posture belongs beside their unceasing declaration that the Lord of Hosts is holy and that His glory fills the earth.

Compare the Hebrew singular with the English plural: the source describes what each seraph does, while the translation naturally depicts the group.

Do not call the singular-plural difference a contradiction, and do not derive a complete angelic symbolism from the Piel stem or the body part alone.