Lexical Definition

‎מֵישָׁר‎ mêyshâr (may-shawr') uprightness ^H:N-M
from ‎יָשַׁר‎

agreement, aright, that are equal, equity, (things that are) right(-eously, things), sweetly, upright(-ly, -ness).

• evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord
• also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense
• often adverbially)

1) evenness, uprightness, straightness, equity
1a) evenness, level, smoothness
1b) uprightness, equity
1c) rightly (as adv)

See Greek: δικαιοσύνη · εὐθέως · εὐθύς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מֵישָׁר‎] noun masculine evenness, uprightness, equity; — only plural: ‎מֵשָׁרִים‎ Prov 1:3 elsewhere ‎מֵישָׁרִים‎ Isa 26:7 + 17 t.; —

1. evenness, level Isa 26:7, of path of righteous (in the future), figurative for free from difficulties; smoothness, of the flow of wine, ‎׳‎‎בְּמ‎ Prov 23:31 ‎׳‎‎למ‎ Song 7:10*.

2. in ethical sense, uprightness, equity, as taught in the school of wisdom Prov 8:6, || ‎צֶדֶק‎ Prov 1:3; Prov 2:9 of government ‎׳‎‎(ב)מ‎ Ps 9:9*; Ps 58:2*; Ps 75:3*; Ps 96:10; Ps 99:4 of speech Isa 33:15; Prov 23:16 of Yahweh's promises Isa 45:19 ‎׳‎‎רצה מ‎ 1Chr 29:17 have pleasure in equity; ‎׳‎‎עשׂה מ‎ Dan 11:6 make an equitable arrangement.

3. adverb rightly, with ‎חזה‎ Ps 17:2 ‎אהב‎ Song 1:4.

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