Proverbs 17:26:7Prov.17.26.W7TAB
עַל־יֹֽשֶׁר׃
alyosher
“for uprightness”
- Transliteration
- al-YO-sher
- Extended
- ahl-YOH-shehr
- IPA
- /ʕalˈjoːʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- for uprightness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
al-YO-sher
- phraseyour reading level
ne-di-VIM al-YO-sher
- clause
le-hak-KOT ne-di-VIM al-YO-sher
- sentence
GAM a-NOSH la-tsa-DIK lo-TO(V) le-hak-KOT ne-di-VIM al-YO-sher
Exegesis
The parallel infinitive le-hakot {לְהַכּוֹת | lə-hakkôt} ‘to strike’ extends the condemnation to nedivim {נְדִיבִים | nə-dî-vîm} ‘nobles’, while the prepositional phrase al-yosher {עַל־יֹשֶׁר | ʿal-yōšer} ‘for uprightness’ specifies the honored motive. The structure of two negated infinitive clauses creates a chiastic parallelism that reinforces the ethical prohibition.
Root and etymology
y-sh-ryod–shin–resh
“uprightness, straightness”
In context — Proverbs 17:26
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for uprightness .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:26:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 17:26, so the Hebrew word עַל־יֹֽשֶׁר׃ (alyosher) 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.17.26.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.26.W7.S1) and character.