Psalm 17:2:6Ps.17.2.W6TAB
מֵישָׁרִֽים׃
meisharim
“upright things”
- Transliteration
- mei-sha-RIM
- Extended
- MEI-shaa-RIIM
- IPA
- /meːʃaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- upright things
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
mei-sha-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
te-khe-ZE-na mei-sha-RIM
- clause
e-NE-kha te-khe-ZE-na mei-sha-RIM
- sentence
mil-le-fa-NE-kha mish-pa-TI ye-TSE e-NE-kha te-khe-ZE-na mei-sha-RIM
Exegesis
see,’ with meisharim {מֵישָׁרִֽים | mê-šā-rîm} ‘uprightness’ as the object. This chiastic parallelism emphasizes both the plea for vindication and the demand for divine scrutiny, with the final placement of uprightness underscoring the moral integrity at stake.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–shin–resh
“to be straight, right”
In context — Psalm 17:2
From before You, may my judgment go forth; let Your eyes behold what is upright .
About this coordinate
Psalm 17:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Psalm 17:2, so the Hebrew word מֵישָׁרִֽים׃ (meisharim) 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 Ps.17.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.17.2.W6.S1) and character.