Proverbs 15:8:6Prov.15.8.W6TAB
יְשָׁרִ֣ים
yesharim
“upright ones”
- Transliteration
- ye-sha-RIM
- Extended
- yeh-shaa-REEM
- IPA
- /jə.ʃaːˈriːm/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-sha-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ye-sha-RIM re-tso-NO
- clause
u-te-fi-LAHT ye-sha-RIM re-tso-NO
- sentence
ZE-vakh re-sha-IM to-a-VAHT ye-ho-VAH u-te-fi-LAHT ye-sha-RIM re-tso-NO
Exegesis
The clause begins with u-tefillat {וּתְפִלַּת | ū-tĕ-pil-lāṯ} ‘and prayer,’ introducing an antithetic parallel that ties to yesharim {יְשָׁרִים | yĕ-šā-rîm} ‘upright ones’ in “prayer of the upright.”
Root and etymology
y-š-ryod–shin–resh
“to be straight”
In context — Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD , but the prayer of the upright is His delight .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 15:8, 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.15.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.8.W6.S1) and character.