Proverbs 14:12:3Prov.14.12.W3TAB
יָ֭שָׁר
yashar
“straight or right”
- Transliteration
- ya-SHAR
- Extended
- yaa-SHAAR
- IPA
- /jaːˈʃaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- straight or right
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
- clause
YESH DE-rekh ya-SHAR lif-NE-Ish
- sentence
YESH DE-rekh ya-SHAR lif-NE-Ish ve-a-kha-ri-TAH dar-KHE-MA-vet
Exegesis
The verse begins with the existential particle yesh {יֵ֤שׁ | yēš} ‘there is’, which introduces a general truth. The nominal clause derekh yashar lifnei ish establishes ‘a way upright before a man,’ where adjective-noun word order and the prepositional phrase lifnei ish highlight subjective perception.
Root and etymology
y-sh-ryod–shin–resh
“to be straight, upright”
In context — Proverbs 14:12
A way may look right before a man, but its end is the road to death.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 14:12, so the Hebrew word יָ֭שָׁר (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 Prov.14.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.12.W3.S1) and character.