Proverbs 4:25:5Prov.4.25.W5TAB
יַיְשִׁ֥רוּ
yayeshiru
“let them make straight”
- Transliteration
- ya-ye-SHI-ru
- Extended
- yah-yeh-SHIH-roo
- IPA
- /jaj.ʃiˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- let them make straight
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ya-ye-SHI-ru
- phraseyour reading level
ya-ye-SHI-ru NEG-de-KHA
- clause
ve-af-a-PE-kha ya-ye-SHI-ru NEG-de-KHA
- sentence
E-ne-KHA le-NO-khakh ya-BI-tu ve-af-a-PE-kha ya-ye-SHI-ru NEG-de-KHA
Exegesis
A parallel clause begins with veʻapʻapaykha {וְ֝עַפְעַפֶּ֗יךָ | wə-ʿă-pə-ʿă-pê-ykha} ‘and your eyelids’ and uses the Piel verb yayeshiru {יַיְשִׁ֥רוּ | ya-ye-šî-rû} ‘make straight’, which governs the prepositional phrase negeddekha {נֶגְדֶּֽךָ | nĕ-gə-ddê-ḵā} ‘before you’. This chiastic structure (A–B // A′–B′) links sensory imagery (eyes/eyelids) with moral orientation (ahead/before you), emphasizing both focus and integrity.
Root and etymology
י־שׁ־ר
“uprightness”
In context — Proverbs 4:25
Let your eyes look ahead , and let your eyelids look straight before you.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 4:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 4:25, so the Hebrew word יַיְשִׁ֥רוּ (yayeshiru) 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.4.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.4.25.W5.S1) and character.