Hebrew · H3477

יָשָׁר

Straight (literally or figuratively)

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יָשָׁר H3477

Pronunciation yashar

What does יָשָׁר (yashar) mean in the Bible?

יָשָׁר (yashar): Ethical straightness: literal rectitude becomes moral uprightness, especially God's righteous ordering of creation and covenant

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What does יָשָׁר (yashar) mean in the Bible?

יָשָׁר (yashar): Ethical straightness: literal rectitude becomes moral uprightness, especially God's righteous ordering of creation and covenant

How does the BSB render H3477?

The BSB source-word alignment has 119 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [what was] right (14), The upright (13), and upright (10), of the upright (10), what is right (8).

Where does יָשָׁר (yashar) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 15:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Proverbs (25), Psalms (25), 2 Chronicles (11), 2 Kings (10).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It

[what was] right 14× 1 Kings 14:8, 2 Kings 12:2, 2 Kings 14:3, 2 Kings 15:3

The upright 13× Job 17:8, Psalms 7:10, Psalms 11:7, Psalms 37:37

and upright 10× Deuteronomy 32:4, 2 Chronicles 31:20, Job 1:1, Job 1:8

of the upright 10× Psalms 111:1, Psalms 112:2, Proverbs 11:3, Proverbs 11:6

what is right 8× Exodus 15:26, Deuteronomy 6:18, Deuteronomy 12:25, Deuteronomy 13:18

and right 5× Deuteronomy 12:28, Joshua 9:25, 1 Samuel 12:23, 2 Chronicles 14:2

what was right 5× 1 Kings 15:5, 1 Kings 15:11, 1 Kings 22:43, 2 Chronicles 20:32

for the upright 4× Psalms 33:1, Psalms 112:4, Proverbs 2:7, Isaiah 26:7

is upright 3× Psalms 33:4, Proverbs 21:8, Proverbs 29:27

right 3× Judges 17:6, Judges 21:25, 2 Chronicles 25:2

that seems right 3× Proverbs 14:12, Proverbs 16:25, Jeremiah 40:5

are right 2× Psalms 19:8, Hosea 14:9

of Jashar 2× Joshua 10:13, 2 Samuel 1:18

to the upright 2× Psalms 36:10, Proverbs 3:32

[are] upright 1× Psalms 37:14

[is] right 1× Proverbs 12:15

[is] upright 1× Psalms 92:15

a safe 1× Ezra 8:21

an upright man 1× Job 23:7

and most worthy 1× 2 Kings 10:3

and right to you 1× Jeremiah 40:4

and to the upright 1× Psalms 125:4

and uprightness 1× Psalms 111:8

and will reach an agreement 1× Daniel 11:17

as true to mine 1× 2 Kings 10:15

at the upright 1× Psalms 11:2

but the upright 1× Proverbs 29:10

but the upright [man] 1× Proverbs 21:29

had been more diligent 1× 2 Chronicles 29:34

have been upright 1× 1 Samuel 29:6

have the upright 1× Job 4:7

honestly 1× Proverbs 16:13

it would have pleased you 1× 2 Samuel 19:6

just 1× Nehemiah 9:13

of the righteous 1× Numbers 23:10

on a level 1× Jeremiah 31:9

on a straight 1× Psalms 107:7

on the upright 1× Psalms 97:11

one upright 1× Micah 7:2

right to him 1× Proverbs 21:2

seems right 1× Deuteronomy 12:8

stretched out 1× Ezekiel 1:23

that is right 1× Micah 3:9

the most upright [is sharper] 1× Micah 7:4

upright 1× Ecclesiastes 7:29

uprightly 1× Micah 2:7

were straight 1× Ezekiel 1:7

what pleased 1× Jeremiah 34:15

you upright 1× Psalms 32:11

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Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Exodus 15:26

Aligned rows 119

Books represented 22

Exodus 1 Numbers 1 Deuteronomy 7 Joshua 2 Judges 2 1 Samuel 2 2 Samuel 2 1 Kings 6 2 Kings 10 2 Chronicles 11 Ezra 1 Nehemiah 1 Job 8 Psalms 25 Proverbs 25 Ecclesiastes 1 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 5 Ezekiel 2 Daniel 1 Hosea 1 Micah 4

Source forms

הַיָּשָׁ֖ר 15x hay·yā·šār Deuteronomy 12:25, Deuteronomy 21:9, 1 Kings 15:5, 1 Kings 15:11

יְשָׁרִ֣ים 11x yə·šā·rîm Job 17:8, Psalms 107:42, Psalms 111:1, Psalms 112:2

הַיָּשָׁ֥ר 6x hay·yā·šār Deuteronomy 6:18, Deuteronomy 12:8, Judges 17:6, Judges 21:25

יָשָׁ֣ר 5x yā·šār 1 Samuel 29:6, Psalms 92:15, Proverbs 12:15, Proverbs 20:11

יִשְׁרֵי־ 5x yiš·rê- Psalms 7:10, Psalms 32:11, Psalms 37:14, Psalms 64:10

יְ֭שָׁרִים 4x yə·šā·rîm Psalms 19:8, Proverbs 11:6, Proverbs 11:11, Proverbs 16:17

הַיָּשָׁ֧ר 3x hay·yā·šār 1 Kings 11:33, Jeremiah 40:4, Jeremiah 40:5

הַיָּשָׁר֙ 3x hay·yā·šār 2 Kings 10:30, 2 Kings 14:3, Jeremiah 34:15

Parsing patterns

Article | Adjective - masculine singular 35x Deuteronomy 6:18, Deuteronomy 12:8, Deuteronomy 12:25, Deuteronomy 13:18

Adjective - masculine plural 25x Numbers 23:10, Nehemiah 9:13, Job 4:7, Job 17:8

Adjective - masculine singular 18x 1 Samuel 29:6, 2 Samuel 19:6, 2 Kings 10:15, Job 23:7

Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular 11x Deuteronomy 32:4, Job 1:1, Job 1:8, Job 2:3

Adjective - masculine plural construct 6x 2 Chronicles 29:34, Psalms 7:10, Psalms 32:11, Psalms 37:14

Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular 5x Exodus 15:26, Deuteronomy 12:28, 2 Kings 10:3, 2 Chronicles 14:2

Adjective - feminine singular 3x Ezra 8:21, Psalms 107:7, Ezekiel 1:7

Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural 3x Proverbs 8:9, Proverbs 29:10, Daniel 11:17

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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What does יָשָׁר (yashar) mean in the Bible?

What does יָשָׁר (yashar) mean in the Bible?

How does the BSB render H3477?

Where does יָשָׁר (yashar) appear in Scripture?

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