2 Samuel 19:6:242 Sam.19.6.W24TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:7
יָשָׁ֥ר
yashar
“right, pleasing”
- Transliteration
- ya-SHAR
- Extended
- yaa-SHAAR
- IPA
- /kiːˈʔaːz/
Meaning by language
- English
- right, pleasing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ya-SHAR
- phraseyour reading level
KI-AZ ya-SHAR be-e-NE-kha
- clause
KI hig-GAD-ta ha-YOM KI EN le-KHA sa-RIM va-a-va-DIM KI ya-da-TI ha-YOM KI LU av-sha-LOM KHAI ve-kul-LA-nu ha-YOM me-TIM KI-AZ ya-SHAR be-e-NE-kha
- sentence
le-a-ha-VA et-so-ne-E-kha u-le-sin-O et-o-ha-VE-kha KI hig-GAD-ta ha-YOM KI EN le-KHA sa-RIM va-a-va-DIM KI ya-da-TI ha-YOM KI LU av-sha-LOM KHAI ve-kul-LA-nu ha-YOM me-TIM KI-AZ ya-SHAR be-e-NE-kha
Exegesis
The evaluative phrase yashar be-eineikha {יָשָׁר בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ | yā-šār bə-ʿê-nê-ḵā} ‘right in your eyes’ centers the subject’s moral perspective.
Root and etymology
y-š-ryod–shin–resh
“straight, right”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:6
To love those who hate you and to hate those who love you, for you have declared today that neither princes nor servants matter to you. For I know today that if Avshalom were alive and we were all dead today, it would be right in your eyes.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:6:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of 2 Samuel 19:6, so the Hebrew word יָשָׁ֥ר (yashar) 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.19.6.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.6.W24.S1) and character.