Proverbs 14:9:5Prov.14.9.W5TAB
יְשָׁרִ֣ים
yesharim
“upright ones”
- Transliteration
- ye-sha-RIM
- Extended
- yeh-shaa-REEM
- IPA
- /jəʃaːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- upright ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ye-sha-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ye-sha-RIM ra-TSON
- clause
u-VEIN ye-sha-RIM ra-TSON
- sentence
e-vi-LIM ya-LITS a-SHAM u-VEIN ye-sha-RIM ra-TSON
Exegesis
The conjunction waw in uvein {וּבֵ֖ין | ū-vēn} “and among” introduces an antithetic clause: yesharim {יְשָׁרִ֣ים | yĕ-šā-rîm} “upright ones” functions as subject and ratson {רָצֽוֹן | rā-ṣôn} “favor” serves as predicate. This chiastic parallelism contrasts the habitual derision of the foolish with the reception of favor by the righteous. In translation, the qal imperfect is rendered as simple present (“deride,” “scoff”) to reflect ongoing action, and uvein is translated “but among” to signal contrast without adding an English article before “upright.”
Root and etymology
y–š–ryod–shin–resh
“straightness”
In context — Proverbs 14:9
Fools deride a guilt offering , but among the upright there is favor .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 14:9, so the Hebrew word יְשָׁרִ֣ים (yesharim) 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.14.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.9.W5.S1) and character.