2 Kings 15:34:22 Kgs.15.34.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 u-zi-YA-hu a-VIV a-SA
Exegesis
The phrase hayyāšār bəʿênêy Yhwh {הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה | hayyāšār bəʿênêy Yhwh} ‘the upright in the eyes of the LORD’ functions as a divine evaluation of royal conduct.
Root and etymology
y-sh-ryod–shin–resh
“straight, upright, right”
In context — 2 Kings 15:34
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD , according to all that Uzziah his father had done.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:34:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 15:34, 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 Kgs.15.34.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.34.W2.S1) and character.