What does דֶּרֶךְ · יָשָׁר mean in the Bible?
דֶּרֶךְ · יָשָׁר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "right way, safe way, straight path".
Hebrew · H1870, H3477
דֶּרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה
A road (as trodden ); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb · straight (literally or figuratively)
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דֶּרֶךְ H1870 a road (as trodden ); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Pronunciation derek
Path literally walked becomes metaphor for life's moral and spiritual trajectory; covenant-defining directional term
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יָשָׁר H3477 straight (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation yashar
Ethical straightness: literal rectitude becomes moral uprightness, especially God's righteous ordering of creation and covenant
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What does דֶּרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה (derek yəšārâ) mean in the Bible?
דֶּרֶךְ · יָשָׁר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "right way, safe way, straight path".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1870, H3477?
H1870, H3477 is connected to 831 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. right way, safe way, straight path
Strong's H1870, H3477
Lexical occurrences 831 verses Source Gloss
right way, safe way, straight path
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
דֶּרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
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