Lexical Definition

‎יָשַׁר‎ yâshar (yaw-shar') to smooth ^H:V
a primitive root

direct, fit, seem good (meet), [phrase] please (will), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring (look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright(-ly).

• to be straight or even
• figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous

1) to be right, be straight, be level, be upright, be just, be lawful, be smooth
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go straight
1a2) to be pleasing, be agreeable, be right (fig.)
1a3) to be straightforward, be upright
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to make right, make smooth, make straight
1b2) to lead, direct, lead straight along
1b3) to esteem right, approve
1c) (Pual) to be made level, be laid smoothly out
1d) (Hiphil) to make straight, look straight

See Greek: ἀρέσκω · ἀρχή · δίκαιος · δοκέω · ἐκτείνω · εὐδοκέω · εὐθέως · εὐθέως · εὐθύνω · εὐθύς · εὐθύς · κατάγω · κατευθύνω · ὀρθοτομέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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 Os^{ZMG 1865, 270} CIS^{iv, 29, 2}; Assyrian Išâu, be or go straight, right, mêšêru, justice, mêšêriš, righteously, Dl^{HWB 310}) —

Qal Perfect ‎יָשַׁר‎ Jer 18:4 + 2 t.; 3 feminine ‎יָ˜שְׁרָה‎ Judg 14:3; Hab 2:4 3 masculine plural ‎יָָֽשְׁרוּ‎ 1Kgs 9:12 Imperfect ‎יִישַׁר‎ Num 23:27 + 2 t.; ‎יִשַׁר‎ 1Sam 18:20; 1Sam 18:26 3 feminine singular‎תִּישַׁר‎ Judg 14:7 3 feminine plural ‎יִשַּׁרְנָה‎ 1Sam 6:12 (Ges^{«GKC:47»§ 47}, n. 3; 71) —

1. go straight, ‎בַּדֶּרֶךְ‎ in the way 1Sam 6:12.

2. figurative, be pleasing, agreeable, right (‎בְּעֵינֵי‎ in the yees of); said of a woman Judg 14:3; Judg 14:7 a man Jer 27:5 of matters and things (‎הַדָּבָר‎) 1Sam 18:20; 1Sam 18:26; 2Sam 17:4; 1Chr 13:4; 2Chr 30:4 of cities 1Kgs 9:12 a place ‎בְּעֵינֵי הָאֱלֹהִים‎ Num 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 Ps 119:128 (‎יִשְׁרֵהוּ‎ Job 37:3, 3 masculine suffix Thes; but < Ew Di Hi De Da, Imperfect from ‎שָׁרָה‎); Imperfect ‎יְיַשֵּׁר‎ Prov 3:6 ‎יְיַשֶּׁרֿ‎ Prov 15:21 suffix ‎וַיְיַשְּׁרֵם‎ (Masoretes abbreviated ‎וַיַּשְּׁרֵם‎) 2Chr 32:30 3 feminine singular ‎תְּיַשֵּׁר‎ Prov 11:4 1 singular ‎אֲיַשֵּׁר‎ Isa 45:13 ‎אֲיַשֵּׁר‎ vIsa 45:2 Qr (Kt Hiph`il ‎אוֺשִׁר‎ Ges^{«GKC:70»§ 70}, 2 doubtless copyist's error); Imperative plural ‎יַשְּׁרוּ‎ Isa 40:3 Participle plural ‎מְיַשְּׁרִים‎ Prov 9:15 —

1. make smooth, straight, accusative ‎מְסִלָּה‎ Isa 40:3 ‎הֲדוּרִים‎ Isa 45:2 figurative, with ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎ make smooth or straight, i.e. free from obstacles, successful vIsa 45:13; Prov 11:5, ‎אֹרַח‎ Prov 3:5 in ethical sense, ‎הַמְיַשְּׁרִים אָרְחוֺתָם‎ Prov 9:15 those making straight their paths, going straightforward on their paths; ‎יְיַשֶּׁרלָֿ֑כֶת‎ Prov 15:21 maketh straight his going, goeth straightforwards.

2. lead straight along direct, waters of an aqueduct 2Chr 32:30 (of the thunder Job 37:3 according to some; but see rather ‎שָׁרָה‎)

3. esteem right, approve Ps 119:128 (read ‎כל פקודיך לי יִשָּׁ֑רְתִּי‎). Pu`al Participle ‎זָהָב מְיֻשָּׁר‎ 1Kgs 6:35 gold made level, laid smoothly out, upon the graven work. Hiph`il Imperfect 3 plural ‎עַפְעַפֶּיךָ יַיְשִׁרוּ נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ‎ Prov 4:25 let thine eyelids look straight before thee; Imperative ‎הַיְ֯שַׁר דַּרְכֶּךָ‎ make thy way even Ps 5:9* Qr (Kt ‎הוֺשַׁר‎; see Ges⁷⁰ (2)).

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