Proverbs 28:10:2Prov.28.10.W2TAB
יְשָׁרִ֨ים
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-sha-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
mash-GE ye-sha-RIM be-DE-rekh RA
- clause
mash-GE ye-sha-RIM be-DE-rekh RA bish-khu-TO hu-yip-POL
- sentence
mash-GE ye-sha-RIM be-DE-rekh RA bish-khu-TO hu-yip-POL u-te-mi-MIM yin-kha-LU-TOV
Exegesis
The object yesharim {יְשָׁרִ֨ים | yəšārîm} ‘upright ones’ is modified by the locative bderekh ra {בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ רָ֗ע | bə-ḏereḵ rāʿ} ‘in an evil way’, framing moral deviation.
Root and etymology
י־ש־רyod–shin–resh
“to be straight”
In context — Proverbs 28:10
Whoever leads the upright astray in an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit good.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 28:10, so the Hebrew word יְשָׁרִ֨ים (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.28.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.10.W2.S1) and character.