Deuteronomy 21:9:7Deut.21.9.W7TAB
הַיָּשָׁ֖ר
hayashar
“what is right”
- Transliteration
- ha-ya-SHAR
- Extended
- hah-yah-SHAHR
- IPA
- /hajjaˈʃaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- what is 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
ki-ta-a-SE ha-ya-SHAR
- clause
ki-ta-a-SE ha-ya-SHAR be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-a-TA te-va-ER ha-DAM ha-na-KI mi-kir-BE-kha ki-ta-a-SE ha-ya-SHAR be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The conjunction kî {כִּֽי־ | kî} introduces a causal clause with ta‘ăsêh ha-yā-šār {תַעֲשֶׂה הַיָּשָׁר | ta-ʿă-sêh ha-yā-šār} ‘you will do what is right’, linking obedience to outcome.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–shin–resh
“straight, upright”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:9
So you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, because you will do what is right in the eyes of the LORD .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 21:9, 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 Deut.21.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.9.W7.S1) and character.