2 Chronicles 26:4:22 Chr.26.4.W2TAB
הַיָּשָׁ֖ר
hayashar
“the right”
- Transliteration
- ha-ya-SHAR
- Extended
- hah-yaa-SHAAR
- IPA
- /haj.jaːˈʃaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the right
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
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR
- clause
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH ke-KHOL a-SHER-a-SA a-mats-ya-HU a-VIV
Exegesis
The adjective hayashar {הַיָּשָׁ֖ר | hayyāšār} 'right' serves as a predicate complement, and the phrase be'einei {בְּעֵינֵ֣י | bə‘êīnê} 'in the eyes of' attaches to YHWH {יְהוָ֑ה | Yəhōwāh} to express divine evaluation.
Root and etymology
y-sh-ryod–shin–resh
“to be straight or right”
In context — 2 Chronicles 26:4
He lived in a way that was right in the eyes of the LORD , following the pattern of everything his father Amaziah had done.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 26:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 26:4, 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.26.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.26.4.W2.S1) and character.