2 Samuel 17:4:12 Sam.17.4.W1TAB
וַיִּישַׁ֥ר
vayishar
“and it was right”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-SHAR
- Extended
- vah-yih-SHAR
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈʃar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was right
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-yi-SHAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-SHAR ha-da-VAR
- clause
va-yi-SHAR ha-da-VAR be-e-NE av-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-yi-SHAR ha-da-VAR be-e-NE av-sha-LOM u-ve-e-NE KAL-zik-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive verb wayyiššar {וַיִּישַׁ֥ר | wayyiššar} marks sequential approval of the proposal.
Root and etymology
y-š-ryod–shin–resh
“to be upright/straight”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:4
The plan was pleasing in the eyes of Absalom and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 17:4, so the Hebrew word וַיִּישַׁ֥ר (vayishar) 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 Sam.17.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.4.W1.S1) and character.