This article was right on time for me, thank you. Just this week I had a conversation with a pastor who twist the truth based on the circumstances or who is listening. I find it so disheartening. The conversation did lead to an apology with a but….. I will keep praying.
As long as the Word Nerd is involved perhaps it is in order to question the difference between these 2 words triggered by your Hebrew spelling of "yashar" and "yasar." For non-Hebe speakers and\or readers where you put the dot over the 2nd Hebrew letter can be the difference between "yashar" and "yasar" or with the harder "s" sound where the different Hebrew letter samech written as a circle is used instead of shin\sin.
Here's how the explanation is provided after online search without access to Hebrew keys and prompting the online search this way:
"Hebrew words "yashar" and "yasar" :
"The Hebrew words "yashar" and "yasar" come from two different, but related, Hebrew roots, each carrying a distinct meaning.
Yashar (יָשָׁר)
The root word yashar (pronounced "yaw-shawr") generally means "to be straight, upright, or righteous".
Meaning: It denotes straightness, integrity, honesty, and moral uprightness. "
"Usage: It is often used in a moral or ethical sense in the Bible. For example, Psalm 25:8 states that "Good and Straight is the Lord; therefore He Points the Sinful in the Way". The word meyasharim (from the same root) is used in Proverbs 1:3 to mean "equity" or "evenness". "
"Connection to "Israel": The name Israel (Yisra'el) is sometimes interpreted as Yashar-El, meaning "God is upright" or "the one whom God makes straight," as opposed to Jacob's original name which related to being "crooked". "
"Yasar (יָסַר)
The root word yasar (pronounced "yaw-sar") generally means "to chasten, discipline, correct, or instruct". "
"Meaning: This word is associated with the process of discipline, correction, or training, often by a parent or God, with the goal of teaching wisdom or turning someone from a wrong path.
Usage: The noun form musar (from the same root) means "discipline," "chastening," or "instruction". Proverbs 1:3 speaks of receiving "instruction in wise behavior" using this root.
Parable: The ancient Hebrew pictograph parable for yasar is "to take ahold (hand) and turn (thorn) the head (man) to go in a different direction," illustrating the act of correction. "
"In summary, while they sound similar in English transliteration, yashar describes a state of being (upright/straight), and yasar describes an action (to discipline/correct)."
Trickier than it seems as spoken. While with written Aleph-Bet insisting on choosing 'tween letter shin\sin (same Hebe letter depending on which side on top of letter one adds the dot). Or the circular letter samech there are different root words to track derivation of meaning(s).
If only Hebrew weren't such a compressed language and each letter or word weren't via Scripture so intentionally chosen for mystical value of each Hebrew letter's numerical value and\or its literal meaning\association\symbology!
Thanks for trying to keep it simple! In English derived from Latin there are also loads of problems with derivations, associations and rooted or rutted use of the word to mean different things in different context or for mystical meaning via "Gematria" which is based on numerical value of each letter.. I do not recommend trying to converse in Hebrew, especially Scriptural Hebrew with literalists.
Thank you for your detailed analysis! The difference between them is the shin in Yashar (which some spell it Yasar) with the dagesh on the right (as you specified) and in Yasar it is a samech as opposed to the shin.
I do spell it Yasar however at the beginning of the article I do give the pronunciation ya-shar to avoid confusion.
This article was right on time for me, thank you. Just this week I had a conversation with a pastor who twist the truth based on the circumstances or who is listening. I find it so disheartening. The conversation did lead to an apology with a but….. I will keep praying.
Oh I am so sorry to hear that. I am standing with you as you pray!
As long as the Word Nerd is involved perhaps it is in order to question the difference between these 2 words triggered by your Hebrew spelling of "yashar" and "yasar." For non-Hebe speakers and\or readers where you put the dot over the 2nd Hebrew letter can be the difference between "yashar" and "yasar" or with the harder "s" sound where the different Hebrew letter samech written as a circle is used instead of shin\sin.
Here's how the explanation is provided after online search without access to Hebrew keys and prompting the online search this way:
"Hebrew words "yashar" and "yasar" :
"The Hebrew words "yashar" and "yasar" come from two different, but related, Hebrew roots, each carrying a distinct meaning.
Yashar (יָשָׁר)
The root word yashar (pronounced "yaw-shawr") generally means "to be straight, upright, or righteous".
Meaning: It denotes straightness, integrity, honesty, and moral uprightness. "
"Usage: It is often used in a moral or ethical sense in the Bible. For example, Psalm 25:8 states that "Good and Straight is the Lord; therefore He Points the Sinful in the Way". The word meyasharim (from the same root) is used in Proverbs 1:3 to mean "equity" or "evenness". "
"Connection to "Israel": The name Israel (Yisra'el) is sometimes interpreted as Yashar-El, meaning "God is upright" or "the one whom God makes straight," as opposed to Jacob's original name which related to being "crooked". "
"Yasar (יָסַר)
The root word yasar (pronounced "yaw-sar") generally means "to chasten, discipline, correct, or instruct". "
"Meaning: This word is associated with the process of discipline, correction, or training, often by a parent or God, with the goal of teaching wisdom or turning someone from a wrong path.
Usage: The noun form musar (from the same root) means "discipline," "chastening," or "instruction". Proverbs 1:3 speaks of receiving "instruction in wise behavior" using this root.
Parable: The ancient Hebrew pictograph parable for yasar is "to take ahold (hand) and turn (thorn) the head (man) to go in a different direction," illustrating the act of correction. "
"In summary, while they sound similar in English transliteration, yashar describes a state of being (upright/straight), and yasar describes an action (to discipline/correct)."
Trickier than it seems as spoken. While with written Aleph-Bet insisting on choosing 'tween letter shin\sin (same Hebe letter depending on which side on top of letter one adds the dot). Or the circular letter samech there are different root words to track derivation of meaning(s).
If only Hebrew weren't such a compressed language and each letter or word weren't via Scripture so intentionally chosen for mystical value of each Hebrew letter's numerical value and\or its literal meaning\association\symbology!
Thanks for trying to keep it simple! In English derived from Latin there are also loads of problems with derivations, associations and rooted or rutted use of the word to mean different things in different context or for mystical meaning via "Gematria" which is based on numerical value of each letter.. I do not recommend trying to converse in Hebrew, especially Scriptural Hebrew with literalists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gematria
Grammar in Hebrew is diqdooq. I sure would not advise 'diqdooqing' around with the mystically inclined!
Very appreciatively yours,
keep on doing, if not diqdooqing...
Tio Mitchito
Thank you for your detailed analysis! The difference between them is the shin in Yashar (which some spell it Yasar) with the dagesh on the right (as you specified) and in Yasar it is a samech as opposed to the shin.
I do spell it Yasar however at the beginning of the article I do give the pronunciation ya-shar to avoid confusion.