2 Kings 18:3:22 Kgs.18.3.W2TAB
הַיָּשָׁ֖ר
hayashar
“the right or the upright”
- Transliteration
- ha-ya-SHAR
- Extended
- hah-yaa-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
- 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 da-VID a-VIV
Exegesis
The idiomatic phrase ha·yā·šār be·’ê·nê Yə·hō·wāh {הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה | ha·yā·šār bə·’ê·nê Yə·hō·wāh} ‘the upright in the eyes of the LORD’ conveys divine approval.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–shin–resh
“straight, upright”
In context — 2 Kings 18:3
He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD , according to all that David his father had done.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 18:3, 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.18.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.3.W2.S1) and character.