2 Chronicles 24:2:32 Chr.24.2.W3TAB
הַיָּשָׁ֖ר
hayashar
“the right or the upright”
- Transliteration
- ha-ya-SHAR
- Extended
- hah-yah-SHAAR
- IPA
- /haj.jaːˈʃaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the right or the upright
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
- clause
va-ya-AS yo-ASH ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NEI ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS yo-ASH ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NEI ye-ho-VAH kol-ye-MEI ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
The adjective hayyāšār {הַיָּשָׁ֖ר | hayyāšār} ‘the right’ functions as a complement describing moral quality.
Root and etymology
y-sh-ryod–shin–resh
“upright”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:2
And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 24:2, so the Hebrew word הַיָּשָׁ֖ר (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 2 Chr.24.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.2.W3.S1) and character.