Proverbs 16:13:5Prov.16.13.W5TAB
יְשָׁרִ֣ים
yesharim
“upright things or uprightness”
- Transliteration
- ye-sha-RIM
- Extended
- yeh-shaa-REEM
- IPA
- /jəʃaːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- upright things or uprightness
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 ye-e-HAV
- clause
ve-do-VER ye-sha-RIM ye-e-HAV
- sentence
re-TSO-N me-la-KHIM si-fe-TEI-TSE-dek ve-do-VER ye-sha-RIM ye-e-HAV
Exegesis
The waw participle ve-dober {וְדֹבֵר | wə-dō-ḇēr} ‘and one who speaks’ together with the substantive adjective yesharim {יְשָׁרִים | yĕ-shā-rîm} ‘upright things’ functions as a nominal clause.
Root and etymology
י־ש־רy-sh-r
“upright”
In context — Proverbs 16:13
Kings delight in righteous lips, and they love the one who speaks what is upright .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 16:13, 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.16.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.13.W5.S1) and character.