Proverbs 9:15:3Prov.9.15.W3TAB
הַֽ֝מְיַשְּׁרִ֗ים
hamyeshrim
“the ones making straight”
- Transliteration
- ha-mye-shRIM
- Extended
- hah-myeh-shREEM
- IPA
- /ham.jaʃˈʃriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the ones making straight
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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
ha-mye-shRIM
- clause
ha-mye-shRIM or-kho-TAM
- sentence
lik-RO le-ov-REI-DA-rekh ha-mye-shRIM or-kho-TAM
Exegesis
A Piel participle ham-mə-yaš-šərîm {הַמְיַשְּׁרִים | ham-mə-yaš-šərîm} ‘those making straight’ provides an ethical descriptor of the audience.
Root and etymology
y-š-ryod–shin–resh
“straight, upright”
In context — Proverbs 9:15
She calls out to passers-by , to those who make their paths level .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 9:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 9:15, so the Hebrew word הַֽ֝מְיַשְּׁרִ֗ים (hamyeshrim) 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.9.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.9.15.W3.S1) and character.