H3474Hebrewyāšar

יָשַׁר

direct, fit, seem good (meet), [phrase] please (will), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring (look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright(-ly).

25
Total Occurrences
12
Books
25
Old Testament
0
New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1to be right, be straight, be level, be upright, be just, be lawful, be smooth
  • 2(qal)
  • 3(piel)
  • 4(pual) to be made level, be laid smoothly out
  • 5(hiphil) to make straight, look straight

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: yâshar; Pronunciation: yaw-shar'