Study it in the app“Who has stirred up from the east the one whom righteousness calls to his feet? He gives up before him nations, and over kings he makes him rule; he makes them like dust to his sword, like stubble driven to his bow.”
Whoמִיhas stirred upהֵעִירfrom the eastמִמִּזְרָחthe one whom righteousnessצֶדֶקcallsיִקְרָאֵהוּto his feet?לְרַגְלוֹHe gives upיִתֵּןbefore himלְפָנָיוnations,גּוֹיִםand over kingsוּמְלָכִיםhe makes him rule;יַרְדְּhe makes themיִתֵּןlike dustכֶּעָפָרto his sword,חַרְבּוֹlike stubbleכְּקַשׁdrivenנִדָּףto his bow.קַשְׁתּוֹ
stir up
To move someone to act, as YHWH a king.
Where else “heir” appearseast
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizrach” appearsrighteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsedek” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikrae” appearsfoot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragl” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “yiten” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appearsGentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appearsrule
To hold sway, govern.
Where else “yard” appearsdust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charb” appearsstubble
Stubble: the dry remains left in the field after the harvest.
Where else “kash” appearsdriven (by the wind)
Be driven by the wind, blown away.
Where else “nidaf” appearsbow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “kasht” appears1Be silent before me, coastlands, and let the peoples renew their strength; let them come near, then let them speak; together to judgment let us draw near.
2 · This verse (above)
3He pursues them, passes on in peace, by a path that with his feet he had not gone.
