1 Kings 15:5:41 Kgs.15.5.W4TAB
אֶת־הַיָּשָׁ֖ר
ethayashar
“the right thing”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ya-SHAR
- Extended
- eet-hah-yah-SHAAR
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.haj.jaːˈʃaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the right thing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ha-ya-SHAR
- clause
a-SHER a-SA da-VID et-ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
a-SHER a-SA da-VID et-ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH ve-LO-SAAR mi-KOL a-sher-tsi-VA-hu KOL ye-ME kha-YAV RAK bid-VAR u-ri-YA ha-khi-TI
Exegesis
The main assertion pairs asah {עָשָׂה | ʿāśāh} with et-hayashar {אֶת־הַיָּשָׁר | ʾet-hay-yāšār} to depict “doing the upright,” an ethical evaluation stated as an object of action.
Root and etymology
consonantsYod–Shin–Resh
“to be straight”
In context — 1 Kings 15:5
Because David did what was right in the eyes of the LORD , he did not turn aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 15:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַיָּשָׁ֖ר (ethayashar) 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.15.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.5.W4.S1) and character.