| 2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Isaiah 41:2:1 ⧉מִ֤יmiwho Isaiah 41:2:2 ⧉הֵעִיר֙heirstirred up Isaiah 41:2:3 ⧉מִמִּזְרָ֔חmimmizrakhfrom the east Isaiah 41:2:4 ⧉צֶ֖דֶקtsedekrighteousness Isaiah 41:2:5 ⧉יִקְרָאֵ֣הוּyikraehucalls him Isaiah 41:2:6 ⧉לְרַגְל֑וֹleragloto his foot Isaiah 41:2:7 ⧉יִתֵּ֨ןyittenhe gives Isaiah 41:2:8 ⧉לְפָנָ֤יוlefanavbefore him Isaiah 41:2:9 ⧉גּוֹיִם֙goyimnations Isaiah 41:2:10 ⧉וּמְלָכִ֣יםumelakhimand kings Isaiah 41:2:11 ⧉יַ֔רְדְּyardehe subdues Isaiah 41:2:12 ⧉יִתֵּ֤ןyittenhe gives Isaiah 41:2:13 ⧉כֶּֽעָפָר֙keafarlike dust Isaiah 41:2:14 ⧉חַרְבּ֔וֹkharbohis sword Isaiah 41:2:15 ⧉כְּקַ֥שׁkekashlike stubble Isaiah 41:2:16 ⧉נִדָּ֖ףniddafdriven Isaiah 41:2:17 ⧉קַשְׁתּֽוֹ׃kashtohis bow |
| 2. Formal Translation Who has stirred up one from the east? In righteousness He {Yahweh, Righteous Summoner} calls him to His feet; He gives nations before him, and kings He subdues. He gives them like dust to his sword, like driven stubble to his bow. |
| 2. Dynamic Translation Who has roused someone from the east, bringing him forward step by step? He {Yahweh, Conquest Giver} hands nations over to him and makes kings submit; He turns them into dust before his sword, and into wind-scattered stubble before his bow. |