יָשַׁר verb be smooth, straight, right (Late Hebrew id., and derivatives; Arabic be gentle, tractable easy, II. make easy; manageable, easy, but Sabean ותֿר, הותֿר, אהל יתֿרן OsZMG 1865, 270 CISiv, 29, 2; Assyrian Išâu, be or go straight, right, mêšêru, justice, mêšêriš, righteously, DlHWB 310) —
Qal Perfect יָשַׁר Jer 18,4 + 2 t.; 3 feminine
יָשְׁרָה Dom 14,3;
Hab 2,4 3 masculine plural
יָָֽשְׁרוּ 1 Kong 9,12 Imperfect יִישַׁר 4 Mos 23,27 + 2 t.;
יִשַׁר 1 Sam 18,20;
1 Sam 18,26 3 feminine singular
תִּישַׁר Dom 14,7 3 feminine plural
יִשַּׁרְנָה 1 Sam 6,12 (
Ges«GKC:47»§ 47, n. 3; 71) —
2. figurative,
be pleasing, agreeable, right (
בְּעֵינֵי in the yees of); said of a woman
Dom 14,3;
Dom 14,7 a man
Jer 27,5 of matters and things (
הַדָּבָר)
1 Sam 18,20;
1 Sam 18,26;
2 Sam 17,4;
1 Kron 13,4;
2 Kron 30,4 of cities
1 Kong 9,12 a place
בְּעֵינֵי הָאֱלֹהִים 4 Mos 23,27 (
E); with
כַּאֲשֶׁר Jer 18,4.
3. in ethical sense,
straightforward, upright;
לֹאיָָֽשְׁרָה נַפְשׁוֺ בּוֺ Hab 2,4 his soul is not upright in him (opposed to
עֻפְּלָה swollen).
Pi`el Perfect 1
׳יִשָּׁ֑רְתִּ Sl 119,128 (
יִשְׁרֵהוּ Job 37,3, 3 masculine suffix
Thes; but <
Ew Di Hi De Da,
Imperfect from
שָׁרָה);
Imperfect יְיַשֵּׁר Ord 3,6 יְיַשֶּׁרֿ Ord 15,21 suffix
וַיְיַשְּׁרֵם (Masoretes abbreviated
וַיַּשְּׁרֵם)
2 Kron 32,30 3 feminine singular
תְּיַשֵּׁר Ord 11,4 1 singular
אֲיַשֵּׁר Es 45,13 אֲיַשֵּׁר v
Es 45,2 Qr (
Kt Hiph`il
אוֺשִׁר Ges«GKC:70»§ 70, 2 doubtless copyist's error);
Imperative plural
יַשְּׁרוּ Es 40,3 Participle plural
מְיַשְּׁרִים Ord 9,15 —
1. make smooth, straight, accusative
מְסִלָּה Es 40,3 הֲדוּרִים Es 45,2 figurative, with
דֶּרֶךְ make smooth or
straight, i.e. free from obstacles, successful v
Es 45,13;
Ord 11,5,
אֹרַח Ord 3,5 in ethical sense,
הַמְיַשְּׁרִים אָרְחוֺתָם Ord 9,15 those making straight their paths, going straightforward on their paths;
יְיַשֶּׁרלָֿ֑כֶת Ord 15,21 maketh straight his going, goeth straightforwards. 2. lead straight along direct, waters of an aqueduct
2 Kron 32,30 (of the thunder
Job 37,3 according to some; but see rather
שָׁרָה)
3. esteem right, approve Sl 119,128 (read
כל פקודיך לי יִשָּׁ֑רְתִּי).
Pu`al Participle זָהָב מְיֻשָּׁר 1 Kong 6,35 gold made level, laid smoothly out, upon the graven work. Hiph`il Imperfect 3 plural
עַפְעַפֶּיךָ יַיְשִׁרוּ נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ Ord 4,25 let thine eyelids look straight before thee; Imperative הַיְ֯שַׁר דַּרְכֶּךָ make thy way even Sl 5,9 Qr (
Kt הוֺשַׁר; see
Ges70 (2)).