Judges 17:6:7Judg.17.6.W7TAB
הַיָּשָׁ֥ר
hayashar
“the right”
- Transliteration
- ha-ya-SHAR
- Extended
- hah-yah-SHAAR
- IPA
- /haj.jɑːˈʃaːr/
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
ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NAIV
- clause
ISH ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NAIV ya-a-SE
- sentence
ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM EN ME-lekh be-yis-ra-EL ISH ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NAIV ya-a-SE
Exegesis
The predicate adjective hayashar {הַיָּשָׁר | hā-yā-šār} ‘what is right’ is immediately followed by beEinav {בְּעֵינָיו | bə-ʿê-nā-yôw} ‘in his eyes’, highlighting subjective moral evaluation. Placing hayashar before its modifier beEinav mirrors the Hebrew emphasis on personal judgment, which we preserve in the English order.
Root and etymology
y-sh-ryod–shin–resh
“to be straight, right”
In context — Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel; each man did what was right in his own eyes.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 17:6, so the Hebrew word הַיָּשָׁ֥ר (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 Judg.17.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.6.W7.S1) and character.