Lexical Definition

‎יָשַׁע‎ yâshaʻ (yaw-shah') to save ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.

• properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe
• causatively, to free or succor

1) to save, be saved, be delivered
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to be liberated, be saved, be delivered
1a2) to be saved (in battle), be victorious
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to save, deliver
1b2) to save from moral troubles
1b3) to give victory to

See Greek: ἀμύνομαι · βοηθέω · βοηθός · διασώζω · εἰσακούω · ἐξαιρέω · ποιέω · ῥύομαι · σώζω · σωτήρ · ὡσαννά

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[‎יָשַׁע‎] verb Hiph`il deliver; Niph`al intransitive and pass. (Arabic be capacious, II. make wide, spacious, IV. make sufficient, V. VIII. be or live in abundance (see Dr^{1Sam 14:45}) Phoenician proper name ‎ישע‎; Sabean ‎יתֿע‎ (royal epithet), proper name ‎אליתֿע‎, ‎יתֿעאל‎, ‎עמיתֿע‎, e.g. Mordt^{ZMG 1876, 87}; 1893, 409. 416. 417, etc. (yet note strange equivalent, ‎תַ‎ = ); not in Aramaic; MI⁴ ‎השעני‎ he delivered me, 1Sam 1:3 ‎(ב)משע‎ deliverance, Sm and So, (but ‎במת‎ ClGann Dr); proper name, masculine ‎משע‎ 1Sam 1:1, also 1Sam 1:3 [4] Sm and So, but ‎ישע‎ deliverance, ClGann Dr) —

Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine ‎נוֺשַׁע‎ Deut 33:29; Isa 45:17 2 plural ‎נוֺשַׁעְתֶּם‎ Num 10:9 1 plural ‎נוֺשָׁ֑עְנוּ‎ Jer 8:20 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִוָּשֵׁעַ‎ Jer 30:7; Prov 28:18 + 1Sam 14:47 (for ᵑ0 ‎יַרְשִׁיעַ‎) ᵐ5 We Klo Dr Kit Bu; 3 feminine singular ‎תִּוָּשַׁע‎ Jer 23:6; Jer 33:16 ‎אִוָּשֵׁ֑עָה‎ Ps 119:117; Jer 17:14 + 8 t. Imperfect; Imperative plural ‎הִוָָּֽשְׁעוּ‎ Isa 45:22 Participle ‎נוֺשָׁע‎ Ps 33:16; Zech 9:9 —

1. be liberated, saved (properly placed in freedom; compare for the figurative ‎הִרְחִיב‎, ‎מֶרְחָב‎), from external evils Prov 28:18, by God Isa 30:15; Isa 45:22; Isa 64:4*; Jer 4:14; Jer 8:20; Jer 17:14; Jer 23:6; Jer 33:16; Ps 80:4*; Ps 80:8*; Ps 80:20*; Ps 119:117; with ‎מִן‎, Jer 30:7 ‎מֵאֹיְבִים‎ Num 10:9 (P), 2Sam 22:4 = Ps 18:4*.

2. be saved in battle, victorious Zech 9:9; Ps 33:16 + 1Sam 14:47 see above; ‎עַם נוֺשַׁע ביהוה‎ Deut 33:29 a people victorious in ‎׳‎‎י‎ (poem), compare Isa 45:17. Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הוֺשִׁעַ‎ 1Sam 9:16; Ps 20:7* ‎הוֺשִׁעַ‎ Zech 12:7 suffix ‎הוֺשִׁיעוֺ‎ Ps 34:7* 1 singular ‎הוֺשַׁעְתִּי‎ Isa 43:12 + 4 t., + 14 t. Perfect; Imperfect ‎יְהוֺשִׁיעַ‎ 1Sam 17:47 (see Dr) Ps 116:6 ‎יוֺשִׁיעַ‎ Isa 45:20 + 6 t.; ‎וְישַׁע‎ (jussive) Prov 20:22 ‎וַיּוֺשַׁע‎ Exod 14:30 + 7 t.; ‎וַיּשַׁע‎ 1Sam 23:5 + 2 t.; suffix ‎יוֺשִׁיעֲךָ‎ Hos 13:10 ‎יוֺשִׁיעֶנּוּ‎ Isa 46:7 ‎ישִׁעֵנוּ‎ 1Sam 10:27 ‎ישַׁעֲכֶם‎ Isa 35:4 (jussive, Dr^{§ 47. n. 4}), etc.; Imperative ‎הוֺשַׁע‎ Jer 31:7; Ps 86:2 ‎הוֺשִׁיעָה‎ 2Kgs 6:26 + 8 t.; ‎הוֺשִׁעָה‎ 2Sam 14:4 + 19 t. Imperative; Infinitive absolute ‎הוֺשֵׁעַ‎ 1Sam 25:26 + 2 t.; construct ‎הוֺשִׁיעַ‎ 1Sam 14:6 + 14 t. + 2Sam 3:18 (where read ‎אוֺשִׁיעַ‎ Vrss. Ke We Klo Dr Bu and others), + 7 t. Infinitive; Participle ‎מוֺשִׁיעַ‎ Deut 22:27 + 21 t.; suffix ‎מוֺשִׁיעָם‎ Ps 106:21 + 8 t. suffix; plural ‎מוֺשִׁיעִים‎ Obad 1:21; Neh 9:27 —

1. deliver, save (properly give width and breadth to, liberate), in peril, with accusative of person or location Exod 2:17 (E) Judg 6:31; 1Sam 23:2; 1Sam 23:5; 2Sam 10:19 = 1Chr 19:19; 2Kgs 6:27 (twice in verse); Ps 36:7*; Ps 72:18; Job 26:2 with ‎לְ‎ person Josh 10:6 (E) Deut 22:27; Judg 10:14; 2Sam 10:11 = 1Chr 19:12 (with accusative), Jer 11:12 (twice in verse); Ps 72:4; Ps 116:6 absolute ‎הוֺשִׁיעָה הַמֶּלֶךְ‎ Help, O king 2Sam 14:4; 2Kgs 6:26. Specifically save, from evils and troubles :
a. of heroic men, saving the nation in war Judg 3:31; Judg 6:15; Judg 10:1; 1Sam 10:27; Hos 13:10; Jer 14:9 these are named ‎מוֺשִׁיעַ‎ saviour Judg 3:9; Judg 3:15; 2Kgs 13:5; Isa 19:20; Obad 1:21; Neh 9:27 phrase when they are lacking ‎אֵין מוֺשִׁיעַ‎ Judg 12:3; 1Sam 11:3; 2Sam 22:42 = Ps 18:42*; Deut 28:29; Deut 28:31; Isa 47:15 they save ‎מִיַּד‎ from the hand of Judg 2:16; Judg 8:22; Judg 12:2; Judg 13:5; 1Sam 9:16; Neh 9:27 ‎מכף‎ Judg 6:14; 1Sam 4:3; 2Kgs 16:7.
b. of God, who saves his people from external evils Deut 20:4; Josh 22:22; Judg 3:9; Judg 6:36; Judg 6:37; Judg 7:7; Judg 10:13; 1Sam 14:23; 1Sam 14:39; 2Kgs 14:27; 2Kgs 19:34 = Isa 37:35; Isa 25:9; Isa 33:22; Isa 35:4; Isa 43:12; Isa 49:25; Isa 63:9; Jer 31:7; Ezek 34:22; Hos 1:7 (twice in verse); Hab 1:2; Zeph 3:17; Zeph 3:19; Zech 8:7; Zech 8:13; Zech 9:16; Zech 10:6; Zech 12:7; Ps 28:9; Ps 69:36*; Ps 106:8; Ps 118:25; 2Chr 20:9 or the pious among them Isa 38:20; Jer 2:27; Jer 17:14; Ps 3:8*; Ps 6:5*; Ps 7:2*; Ps 31:17*; Ps 54:3*; Ps 55:17*; Ps 57:4*; Ps 69:2*; Ps 71:2; Ps 71:3; Ps 106:47 = 1Chr 16:35; Ps 109:26; Ps 119:94; Ps 119:146; Ps 138:7; Prov 20:22 and especially the king Ps 20:7*; Ps 20:10* David 2Sam 8:5; 2Sam 8:14 thy servant Ps 86:2; Ps 86:16 ‎חסיד‎ Ps 12:2* ‎דַּכְּאֵירֿוּחַ‎ Ps 34:19* ‎צדיקים‎ Ps 37:40 ‎חוֺסִים‎ Ps 17:7 ‎׳‎‎יראי י‎ Ps 145:19 ‎עם עני‎ Ps 18:28* = 2Sam 22:28 ‎עַנְוֵיאֶֿרֶץ‎ Ps 76:10* ‎ישׁרי לב‎ Ps 7:11* ‎שַׁח עֵינַיִם‎ Job 22:29 accordingly God is ‎מוֺשִׁיעַ‎ saviour Isa 43:11; Isa 45:15; Isa 45:21; Isa 63:8; Hos 13:4 ‎משִׁעִי‎ 2Sam 22:3 ‎מוֺשִׁיעָם‎ Ps 106:21 ‎מוֺשִׁיעוֺ‎ Jer 14:8 ‎מוֺשִׁיעֲךָ‎ Isa 43:3; Isa 49:26; Isa 60:16; Jer 30:10 = Jer 46:27 is with his people ‎לְהוֺשִׁיעַ‎ Jer 15:20; Jer 30:11; Jer 42:11 ‎רַב לְהוֺשִׁיעַ‎ Isa 63:1 ‎בֵּית מְצוּדוֺת לְהוֺשִׁיעֵנִי‎ Ps 31:3* Israel prays ‎הוֺשִׁיעָה יְמִינְךָ‎ O save with thy right hand Ps 60:7* = Ps 108:7*, compare Isa 59:1 that from which one is saved construction with ‎מִיַּד ׃מִן‎ Exod 14:30 (J) Judg 2:18; Judg 10:12; 1Sam 7:8; 2Sam 3:18; 2Kgs 19:19 = Isa 37:20; Ps 106:10; 2Chr 32:22 ‎מֵחָמָס‎ 2Sam 22:3 ‎מֵחֶרֶב‎ Job 5:15: ‎מִכָּלצָֿרוֺת‎ Ps 34:7* ‎מִכָּלרָֿעוֺת‎ 1Sam 10:19 ‎מִצָּרֵינוּ‎ Ps 44:8* ‎מִפִּי אַרְיֵה‎ Ps 22:22* ‎מִשֹּׁפְטֵי נַפְשׁוֺ‎ Ps 109:31 ‎מֵאַנְשֵׁי דָמִים‎ Ps 59:3* ‎מִמְּצוּקוֺת‎ Ps 107:13; Ps 107:19.
c. there is no other salvation, the sword saves not Psalm Ps 44:7*, or a nation Lam 4:17, or astrologers Isa 47:13, or Asshur Hos 14:4*, or other gods Isa 45:20; Isa 46:7; Jer 2:28.

2. save from moral troubles, only in Ezekiel. ‎מִכֹּל מוֺשְׁבֹתֵיחֶם‎ (read, with Co Da and others, ‎מְשׁוּבוֺתֵיהֶם‎) Ezek 37:23 ‎מִכֹּל טֻמְאוֺתֵיכֶם‎ Jer 36:29.

3. give victory to:
a. of man, with ‎לְ‎ person, give victory to, with agent subject ‎יַד‎ Judg 7:2; 1Sam 25:26; 1Sam 25:33, ‎יַד‎ om. v1Sam 25:31 ‎יַמִין‎ Job 40:14 ‎זְרוֺעַ‎ Ps 44:4*.
b. of God, with ‎לְ‎ person, subject ‎יָמִין‎ Ps 98:1 ‎זְרוֺעַ‎ Isa 59:16; Isa 63:5 Yahweh 1Chr 18:6, with accusative v1Chr 18:13 absolute gain victory 1Sam 14:6; 1Sam 17:47 ‎וַיּוֺשַׁע תְּשׁוּעָה גְדוֺלָה‎ 1Chr 11:14.

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