ÉSAÏE 45:1
Ainsi parle l’Éternel à son oint, à Cyrus, Qu’il tient par la main, Pour terrasser les nations devant lui, Et pour relâcher la ceinture des rois, Pour lui ouvrir les portes, Afin qu’elles ne soient plus fermées;This verse in the real world
In what words
- רָדַדrâdadto tread in pieces, i.e. (figuratively) to conquer, or (specifically) to overlay
- כּוֹרֶשׁKôwreshKoresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king
- מָשִׁיחַmâshîyachanointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the Me
- מֹתֶןmôthenproperly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
- דֶּלֶתdelethsomething swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor
- יָמִיןyâmîynthe right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more de
- פָּתַחpâthachto open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
- חָזַקchâzaqto fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strength
+6 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- The Nabonidus Chronicle — Babylon falls, October 539 BCFixed dateThe fall of Babylon to Cyrus is dated to a single month by Babylon's own chronicle, and the co-regency arrangement behind Daniel's Belshazzar appears in the same body of texts.