יָשָׁר (H3477) — Hebrew Lexicon

יָשָׁר

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yâshâr

H3477 adjective

SILEX Entry

Root ישׁר to be straight, to be level, to be upright

Definition

Fundamentally, 'yashar' denotes what is straight, level, or direct—both in the physical and metaphorical sense. In extended usage, it signifies moral uprightness, integrity, honesty, or that which accords with ethical or communal norms. It is used to describe persons, actions, judgment, paths, and even speech or thoughts that are considered just or right. In rare instances, the term serves as a proper noun (as in the Book of Jashar), implying those regarded as upright or distinguished.

Semantic Range

straight, level, direct, upright (in behavior or character), honest, just, fair, pleasing (in what is considered right), proper, proper person, distinguished; as a noun: upright one(s), proper ones; proper name (Book of the Upright/Jashar)

Root / Etymology

The word derives from the root ישר (y-š-r), meaning 'to be straight' or 'make level.' The adjective יָשָׁר (yashar) thus describes something straightened or upright, with the literal meaning extending into the figurative sense of moral rightness or integrity. The core notion is of straightness that is not curved, bent, or deviating from a standard.

Historical & Contextual Notes

In early Israelite literature, 'yashar' often denotes physical straightness (e.g., a straight path in Proverbs) but quickly acquires a metaphorical sense indicating ethical rectitude or social justice. In legal, prophetic, and wisdom literature, it denotes conduct that aligns with covenantal or communal expectations, distinguishing between those 'upright' (yashar) before the deity or community and the 'wicked' (rasha‘). The term stands distinct from צַדִּיק (ṣaddiq, 'righteous'), which often emphasizes legal or forensic correctness; 'yashar' stresses integrity or authenticity more broadly. In the Tanakh, it is applied to individuals (e.g., Job 1:1), communities, and even proper social relationships. The phrase עֵינֵי יְהוָה ('in the eyes of YHWH') frequently appears in evaluations of rulers' conduct as 'yashar' or not. The Book of Jashar (סֵפֶר הַיָּשָׁר) refers to an ancient poetic collection, possibly meaning 'Book of the Upright' or 'of the Distinguished.' Later translation traditions sometimes narrow 'yashar' to 'just' or 'righteous,' but the term is broader, signifying whatever conforms to a standard of straightness, integrity, and acceptability—whether in physical, social, or ethical dimensions.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from יָשַׁר; straight (literally or figuratively); convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), [phrase] pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).

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Root Family

ישר (y-š-r) — to be straight, to be level, to be upright

Strong's	Lemma	SIBI-P1
H3474	יָשַׁר	I will make straight
H3475	יֵשֶׁר	Uprightness
H3476	יֹשֶׁר	in his uprightness
H3480	יְשַׂרְאֵלָה	God is Upright
H3483	יִשְׁרָה	and in uprightness of
H3484	יְשֻׁרוּן	Upright One
H4334	מִישׁוֹר	in the level plain
H4339	מֵישָׁר	in uprightnesses
H8289	שָׁרוֹן	in the Sharon Plain

Word Forms

17 distinct forms

SIDANCE	Surface	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	Occurrences
`H3477-01`	הַ/יָּשָׁ֥ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the right	the upright one	35
`H3477-15`	יְשָׁרִ֔ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	the upright	upright ones	25
`H3477-12`	יָשָׁ֣ר	yashar	`HAamsa`	upright	upright	18
`H3477-10`	וְ/יָשָׁ֖ר	veyashar	`HC/Aamsa`	and upright	and upright	11
`H3477-17`	יִשְׁרֵי	yisherey	`HAampc`	the upright	upright ones of	6
`H3477-06`	וְ/הַ/יָּשָׁ֤ר	vehayashar	`HC/Td/Aamsa`	and the right	and the upright one	5
`H3477-03`	לַ֝/יְשָׁרִ֗ים	layesharim	`HRd/Aampa`	for the upright	to the upright ones	3
`H3477-11`	וִֽ֝/ישָׁרִ֗ים	visharim	`HC/Aampa`	and right	and upright ones	3
`H3477-14`	יְשָׁרָ֑ה	yesharah	`HAafsa`	straight	upright (feminine)	3
`H3477-04`	לְ/יִשְׁרֵי	leyisherey	`HR/Aampc`	to the upright	to upright ones of	2
`H3477-08`	וְ/כַ/יָּשָׁ֧ר	vekhayashar	`HC/Rd/Aamsa`	and as right	and as upright	2
`H3477-13`	יְשַׁר	yeshar	`HAamsc`	upright	upright	1
`H3477-05`	וּֽ/לְ/יִשְׁרֵי	uleyisherey	`HC/R/Aampc`	and for the upright	and to upright ones of	1
`H3477-16`	יְשָׁר֔וֹת	yesharot	`HAafpa`	were straight	upright ones	1
`H3477-07`	וְ/הַ/יְשָׁרָֽה	vehayesharah	`HC/Td/Aafsa`	and the right	and the upright one	1
`H3477-02`	הַ/יְשָׁרָ֖ה	hayesharah	`HTd/Aafsa`	that is straight	the upright one	1
`H3477-09`	וְ֝/לִֽ/ישָׁרִ֗ים	velisharim	`HC/R/Aampa`	and to the upright	and to upright ones	1

Occurrences in Scripture

119 total occurrences

SIDANCE	Reference	Word	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1
`H3477-06`	Exodus 15:26	וְ/הַ/יָּשָׁ֤ר	vehayashar	`HC/Td/Aamsa`	and the right	and the upright one
`H3477-15`	Numbers 23:10	יְשָׁרִ֔ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	of the upright	upright ones
`H3477-01`	Deuteronomy 6:18	הַ/יָּשָׁ֥ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the-right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	Deuteronomy 12:8	הַ/יָּשָׁ֥ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	is right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	Deuteronomy 12:25	הַ/יָּשָׁ֖ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the right	the upright one
`H3477-06`	Deuteronomy 12:28	וְ/הַ/יָּשָׁ֔ר	vehayashar	`HC/Td/Aamsa`	and right	and the upright one
`H3477-01`	Deuteronomy 13:19	הַ/יָּשָׁ֔ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	Deuteronomy 21:9	הַ/יָּשָׁ֖ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	what is right	the upright one
`H3477-10`	Deuteronomy 32:4	וְ/יָשָׁ֖ר	veyashar	`HC/Aamsa`	and upright	and upright
`H3477-08`	Joshua 9:25	וְ/כַ/יָּשָׁ֧ר	vekhayashar	`HC/Rd/Aamsa`	and-as-the-right	and as upright
`H3477-01`	Joshua 10:13	הַ/יָּשָׁ֑ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	of Jashar	the upright one
`H3477-01`	Judges 17:6	הַ/יָּשָׁ֥ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	what was right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	Judges 21:25	הַ/יָּשָׁ֥ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	what was right	the upright one
`H3477-07`	1 Samuel 12:23	וְ/הַ/יְשָׁרָֽה	vehayesharah	`HC/Td/Aafsa`	and the right	and the upright one
`H3477-12`	1 Samuel 29:6	יָשָׁ֣ר	yashar	`HAamsa`	upright	upright
`H3477-01`	2 Samuel 1:18	הַ/יָּשָֽׁר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	of Jashar	the upright one
`H3477-12`	2 Samuel 19:7	יָשָׁ֥ר	yashar	`HAamsa`	right	upright
`H3477-01`	1 Kings 11:33	הַ/יָּשָׁ֧ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	what is right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	1 Kings 11:38	הַ/יָּשָׁ֤ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	what is right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	1 Kings 14:8	הַ/יָּשָׁ֥ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the-right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	1 Kings 15:5	הַ/יָּשָׁ֖ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	what was right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	1 Kings 15:11	הַ/יָּשָׁ֖ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	1 Kings 22:43	הַ/יָּשָׁ֖ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the right	the upright one
`H3477-06`	2 Kings 10:3	וְ/הַ/יָּשָׁר֙	vehayashar	`HC/Td/Aamsa`	and the upright	and the upright one
`H3477-12`	2 Kings 10:15	יָשָׁ֗ר	yashar	`HAamsa`	right	upright
`H3477-01`	2 Kings 10:30	הַ/יָּשָׁר֙	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	2 Kings 12:3	הַ/יָּשָׁ֛ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	2 Kings 14:3	הַ/יָּשָׁר֙	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	what was right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	2 Kings 15:3	הַ/יָּשָׁ֖ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	what was right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	2 Kings 15:34	הַ/יָּשָׁ֖ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	what was right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	2 Kings 16:2	הַ/יָּשָׁ֗ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	2 Kings 18:3	הַ/יָּשָׁ֖ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	2 Kings 22:2	הַ/יָּשָׁ֖ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	what was right	the upright one
`H3477-12`	Isaiah 26:7	יָשָׁ֕ר	yashar	`HAamsa`	O Upright One	upright
`H3477-08`	Jeremiah 26:14	וְ/כַ/יָּשָׁ֖ר	vekhayashar	`HC/Rd/Aamsa`	and as right	and as upright
`H3477-12`	Jeremiah 31:9	יָשָׁ֔ר	yashar	`HAamsa`	straight	upright
`H3477-01`	Jeremiah 34:15	הַ/יָּשָׁר֙	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	Jeremiah 40:4	הַ/יָּשָׁ֧ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	Jeremiah 40:5	הַ/יָּשָׁ֧ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the-right	the upright one
`H3477-14`	Ezekiel 1:7	יְשָׁרָ֑ה	yesharah	`HAafsa`	straight	upright (feminine)
`H3477-16`	Ezekiel 1:23	יְשָׁר֔וֹת	yesharot	`HAafpa`	were straight	upright ones
`H3477-15`	Hosea 14:10	יְשָׁרִ֞ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	right	upright ones
`H3477-01`	Micah 2:7	הַ/יָּשָׁ֥ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the upright	the upright one
`H3477-02`	Micah 3:9	הַ/יְשָׁרָ֖ה	hayesharah	`HTd/Aafsa`	that is straight	the upright one
`H3477-10`	Micah 7:2	וְ/יָשָׁ֥ר	veyashar	`HC/Aamsa`	and upright	and upright
`H3477-12`	Micah 7:4	יָשָׁ֖ר	yashar	`HAamsa`	the most upright	upright
`H3477-17`	Psalms 7:11	יִשְׁרֵי	yisherey	`HAampc`	the upright	upright ones of
`H3477-04`	Psalms 11:2	לְ/יִשְׁרֵי	leyisherey	`HR/Aampc`	upright	to upright ones of
`H3477-12`	Psalms 11:7	יָ֝שָׁ֗ר	yashar	`HAamsa`	upright	upright
`H3477-15`	Psalms 19:9	יְ֭שָׁרִים	yesharim	`HAampa`	are right	upright ones
`H3477-10`	Psalms 25:8	וְ/יָשָׁ֥ר	veyashar	`HC/Aamsa`	and upright	and upright
`H3477-17`	Psalms 32:11	יִשְׁרֵי	yisherey	`HAampc`	upright in	upright ones of
`H3477-03`	Psalms 33:1	לַ֝/יְשָׁרִ֗ים	layesharim	`HRd/Aampa`	to-the-upright	to the upright ones
`H3477-12`	Psalms 33:4	יָשָׁ֥ר	yashar	`HAamsa`	upright	upright
`H3477-04`	Psalms 36:11	לְ/יִשְׁרֵי	leyisherey	`HR/Aampc`	to the upright	to upright ones of
`H3477-17`	Psalms 37:14	יִשְׁרֵי	yisherey	`HAampc`	those who are upright	upright ones of
`H3477-12`	Psalms 37:37	יָשָׁ֑ר	yashar	`HAamsa`	the upright	upright
`H3477-15`	Psalms 49:15	יְשָׁרִ֨ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	the upright	upright ones
`H3477-17`	Psalms 64:11	יִשְׁרֵי	yisherey	`HAampc`	upright	upright ones of
`H3477-12`	Psalms 92:16	יָשָׁ֣ר	yashar	`HAamsa`	upright	upright
`H3477-17`	Psalms 94:15	יִשְׁרֵי	yisherey	`HAampc`	the upright	upright ones of
`H3477-05`	Psalms 97:11	וּֽ/לְ/יִשְׁרֵי	uleyisherey	`HC/R/Aampc`	and for the upright	and to upright ones of
`H3477-14`	Psalms 107:7	יְשָׁרָ֑ה	yesharah	`HAafsa`	straight	upright (feminine)
`H3477-15`	Psalms 107:42	יְשָׁרִ֣ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	the upright	upright ones
`H3477-15`	Psalms 111:1	יְשָׁרִ֣ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	of the upright	upright ones
`H3477-10`	Psalms 111:8	וְ/יָשָֽׁר	veyashar	`HC/Aamsa`	and upright	and upright
`H3477-15`	Psalms 112:2	יְשָׁרִ֣ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	of the upright	upright ones
`H3477-03`	Psalms 112:4	לַ/יְשָׁרִ֑ים	layesharim	`HRd/Aampa`	for the upright	to the upright ones
`H3477-10`	Psalms 119:137	וְ֝/יָשָׁ֗ר	veyashar	`HC/Aamsa`	and upright	and upright
`H3477-09`	Psalms 125:4	וְ֝/לִֽ/ישָׁרִ֗ים	velisharim	`HC/R/Aampa`	and to the upright	and to upright ones
`H3477-15`	Psalms 140:14	יְ֝שָׁרִ֗ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	the upright	upright ones
`H3477-03`	Proverbs 2:7	לַ֭/יְשָׁרִים	layesharim	`HRd/Aampa`	for-the-upright	to the upright ones
`H3477-15`	Proverbs 2:21	יְשָׁרִ֥ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	the upright	upright ones
`H3477-15`	Proverbs 3:32	יְשָׁרִ֥ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	upright	upright ones
`H3477-11`	Proverbs 8:9	וִֽ֝/ישָׁרִ֗ים	visharim	`HC/Aampa`	and right	and upright ones
`H3477-15`	Proverbs 11:3	יְשָׁרִ֣ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	of-the-upright	upright ones
`H3477-15`	Proverbs 11:6	יְ֭שָׁרִים	yesharim	`HAampa`	the upright	upright ones
`H3477-15`	Proverbs 11:11	יְ֭שָׁרִים	yesharim	`HAampa`	of the upright	upright ones
`H3477-15`	Proverbs 12:6	יְ֝שָׁרִ֗ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	the upright	upright ones
`H3477-12`	Proverbs 12:15	יָשָׁ֣ר	yashar	`HAamsa`	is right	upright
`H3477-15`	Proverbs 14:9	יְשָׁרִ֣ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	the upright	upright ones
`H3477-15`	Proverbs 14:11	יְשָׁרִ֣ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	of the upright	upright ones
`H3477-12`	Proverbs 14:12	יָ֭שָׁר	yashar	`HAamsa`	that seems right	upright
`H3477-15`	Proverbs 15:8	יְשָׁרִ֣ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	of-upright	upright ones
`H3477-15`	Proverbs 15:19	יְשָׁרִ֣ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	of upright	upright ones
`H3477-15`	Proverbs 16:13	יְשָׁרִ֣ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	upright things	upright ones
`H3477-15`	Proverbs 16:17	יְ֭שָׁרִים	yesharim	`HAampa`	of the upright	upright ones
`H3477-12`	Proverbs 16:25	יָ֭שָׁר	yashar	`HAamsa`	that seems right	upright
`H3477-12`	Proverbs 20:11	יָשָׁ֣ר	yashar	`HAamsa`	upright	upright
`H3477-12`	Proverbs 21:2	יָשָׁ֣ר	yashar	`HAamsa`	is right	upright
`H3477-12`	Proverbs 21:8	יָשָׁ֥ר	yashar	`HAamsa`	upright	upright
`H3477-15`	Proverbs 21:18	יְשָׁרִ֣ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	the upright	upright ones
`H3477-10`	Proverbs 21:29	וְ֝/יָשָׁ֗ר	veyashar	`HC/Aamsa`	but the upright	and upright
`H3477-15`	Proverbs 28:10	יְשָׁרִ֨ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	the upright	upright ones
`H3477-11`	Proverbs 29:10	וִֽ֝/ישָׁרִ֗ים	visharim	`HC/Aampa`	but the upright	and upright ones
`H3477-13`	Proverbs 29:27	יְשַׁר	yeshar	`HAamsc`	upright	upright
`H3477-10`	Job 1:1	וְ/יָשָׁ֛ר	veyashar	`HC/Aamsa`	and-upright	and upright
`H3477-10`	Job 1:8	וְ/יָשָׁ֛ר	veyashar	`HC/Aamsa`	and upright	and upright
`H3477-10`	Job 2:3	וְ/יָשָׁ֛ר	veyashar	`HC/Aamsa`	and upright	and upright
`H3477-15`	Job 4:7	יְשָׁרִ֥ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	upright	upright ones
`H3477-10`	Job 8:6	וְ/יָשָׁ֗ר	veyashar	`HC/Aamsa`	and upright	and upright
`H3477-15`	Job 17:8	יְשָׁרִ֣ים	yesharim	`HAampa`	upright men	upright ones
`H3477-12`	Job 23:7	יָ֭שָׁר	yashar	`HAamsa`	the upright	upright
`H3477-10`	Job 33:27	וְ/יָשָׁ֥ר	veyashar	`HC/Aamsa`	and what was right	and upright
`H3477-12`	Ecclesiastes 7:29	יָשָׁ֑ר	yashar	`HAamsa`		upright
`H3477-11`	Daniel 11:17	וִ/ישָׁרִ֥ים	visharim	`HC/Aampa`	and upright ones	and upright ones
`H3477-14`	Ezra 8:21	יְשָׁרָ֔ה	yesharah	`HAafsa`	right	upright (feminine)
`H3477-15`	Nehemiah 9:13	יְשָׁרִים֙	yesharim	`HAampa`	right	upright ones
`H3477-06`	2 Chronicles 14:1	וְ/הַ/יָּשָׁ֔ר	vehayashar	`HC/Td/Aamsa`	and the right	and the upright one
`H3477-01`	2 Chronicles 20:32	הַ/יָּשָׁ֖ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	2 Chronicles 24:2	הַ/יָּשָׁ֖ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	2 Chronicles 25:2	הַ/יָּשָׁ֖ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	2 Chronicles 26:4	הַ/יָּשָׁ֖ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	what was right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	2 Chronicles 27:2	הַ/יָּשָׁ֜ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	2 Chronicles 28:1	הַ/יָּשָׁ֛ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the right	the upright one
`H3477-01`	2 Chronicles 29:2	הַ/יָּשָׁ֖ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	what was right	the upright one
`H3477-17`	2 Chronicles 29:34	יִשְׁרֵ֣י	yisherey	`HAampc`	more upright	upright ones of
`H3477-06`	2 Chronicles 31:20	וְ/הַ/יָּשָׁר֙	vehayashar	`HC/Td/Aamsa`	and the right	and the upright one
`H3477-01`	2 Chronicles 34:2	הַ/יָּשָׁ֖ר	hayashar	`HTd/Aamsa`	the right	the upright one

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