2 Kings 16:2:102 Kgs.16.2.W10TAB
הַיָּשָׁ֗ר
hayashar
“the right”
- Transliteration
- ha-ya-SHAR
- Extended
- hah-yah-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
ve-lo-a-SA ha-ya-SHAR
- clause
ve-lo-a-SA ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV ke-da-VID a-VIV
- sentence
ben-E-srim sha-NA a-KHAZ be-mal-KHO ve-shesh-E-sri sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-lo-a-SA ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV ke-da-VID a-VIV
Exegesis
The negative clause wə-lō-ʿā-śāh ha-yā-šār {וְלֹא־עָשָׂ֣ה הַיָּשָׁ֗ר | wə-lō-ʿā-śāh ha-yā-šār} ‘and he did not do what was right’ introduces divine evaluation, with ha-yā-šār functioning substantively.
Root and etymology
y-š-ry–š–r
“straight, upright”
In context — 2 Kings 16:2
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he ruled sixteen years in Jerusalem; yet he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God , as David his father had done.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 16:2, so the Hebrew word הַיָּשָׁ֗ר (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.16.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.2.W10.S1) and character.