1 Kings 14:8:181 Kgs.14.8.W18TAB
הַיָּשָׁ֥ר
hayashar
“the right {thing}”
- Transliteration
- ha-ya-SHAR
- Extended
- hah-yah-SHAHR
- IPA
- /haj.jaːˈʃaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the right {thing}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ya-SHAR
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NAI
- clause
ve-lo-ha-YI-ta ke-av-DI da-VID a-SHER sha-MAR mits-vo-TAI va-a-sher-ha-LAKH a-kha-RAI be-khol-le-va-VO la-a-SOT RAK ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NAI
- sentence
va-ek-RA et-ha-mam-la-KHA mi-BET da-VID va-et-te-NE-ha LAKH ve-lo-ha-YI-ta ke-av-DI da-VID a-SHER sha-MAR mits-vo-TAI va-a-sher-ha-LAKH a-kha-RAI be-khol-le-va-VO la-a-SOT RAK ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NAI
Root and etymology
y-sh-ryod–shin–resh
“straight, upright”
In context — 1 Kings 14:8
And I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, but you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and who walked after Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:8:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Kings 14:8, so the Hebrew word הַיָּשָׁ֥ר (hayashar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.14.8.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.8.W18.S1) and character.