Lexical Definition

‎יֶשַׁע‎ yeshaʻ (yeh'-shah) salvation ^H:N-M
or יֵשַׁע yêshaʻ (yay'-shah); from ‎יָשַׁע‎

safety, salvation, saving.

• liberty, deliverance, prosperity

1) deliverance, salvation, rescue, safety, welfare
1a) safety, welfare, prosperity
1b) salvation
1c) victory

See Greek: ἔλεος · σωτήρ · σωτηρία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יֵ֫שַׁע‎ noun masculine^{Isa 51:5} deliverance, rescue, salvation, also safety, welfare; — ‎יֵ֫שַׁע‎ Ps 20:7* + 4 t.; ‎יֶ֫שַׁע‎ Job 5:11 + 4 t.; suffix ‎יִשְׁעִי‎ 2Sam 22:3 + 11 t., + 14 t. suffixes; —

1. safety, welfare, prosperity 2Sam 23:5; Ps 12:6*; Job 5:4; Job 5:11.

2. salvation, i.e. primarily physical rescue, by God, often with added spiritual idea: Isa 62:11; Ps 69:14*; Ps 85:8*; Ps 85:10* ‎יֵשַׁע אֱלֹהִים‎ salvation from God Ps 50:23 used as infin. with accusative ‎לְיֵשַׁע‎ Hab 3:13 (twice in verse) (see Ew^{§ 239 a}); accordingly Yahweh is ‎אוֺרִי וְיִשְׁעִי‎ my light and my salvation Ps 27:1 ‎צוּר ישׁע‎ Ps 95:1 ‎קֶרֶן ישׁע‎ Ps 18:3* = 2Sam 22:3 ‎אֱלֹהֵי ישׁע‎ Isa 17:10; Mic 7:7; Hab 3:18; Ps 18:47* = ‎אֱלֹהֵי צוּר ישׁע‎ 2Sam 22:47; Ps 24:5; Ps 25:5; Ps 27:9; Ps 65:6*; Ps 79:9; Ps 85:5*; 1Chr 16:35 ‎׳‎‎מָגֵן ישׁ‎ Ps 18:36* = 2Sam 22:36 ‎על אלהים ישׁעי‎ Ps 62:8* || ‎צְדָקָה‎ Isa 45:8; Isa 51:5; Isa 61:10 ‎שְׂשׂוֺן יִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ‎ Ps 51:14* joy of thy salvation ‎׳‎‎כֹּהֲנֶיהָ אַלְבִּישׁ ישׁ‎ Ps 132:16 her priests will clothe with salvation.

3. victory: ‎גְּבוּרוֺת יֵשַׁע יְמִינוֺ‎ Ps 20:7* the mighty deeds of the victory of his right hand.

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