Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
KJV Usage: direct, fit, seem good (meet), + please (will), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring (look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright(-ly)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יָשַׁר (ya.shar) — to smooth. 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · יָשָׁר · יֹשֶׁר · יִשְׁרָה · מִישֹׁור · מֵישָׁרִים · יְשֻׁרוּן
Shape | verb pi, verb pu'al
to make straight, to make smooth, to make level, to make even = causative action by which humans or deities cause objects to be without curve or bend and/or have an even or regular surface
Move | verb qal
to go straight ahead = action by which animals move forward without deviating to the left or the right
Move | verb pi
Collocation: ישׁר אֹרַח
to make straight one's way > to walk straight ahead literally: to make one's way straight; = action by which humans move forward without deviating to the right or to the left; ≈ with the possible connotation of minding one's own affairs
See | verb hif
Collocation: ישׁר עַפְעַפַּיִם
to look straight ahead literally: to make straight one's eyelids; = action by which humans look forward without being distracted by things visible on the left or on the right
Right | verb pi, verb hif
Collocation: ישׁר אֹרַח · ישׁר דֶּרֶךְ
to make straight (someone's) way literally: to make someone else's way straight; = causative action by which deities cause the actions and endeavors of humans to be prosperous and successful
Right | verb pi
to make straight (an event) > to (perform an event) right literally: to make straight; = causative action by which humans cause an action to be performed in a morally and ethically acceptable way
Flow | verb pi
to direct, to channel = causative action by which humans cause water to flow in a certain direction
Innocent | verb qal
to be upright, to be just = state in which humans are morally and ethically right
Willing | verb qal
Collocation: ישׁר בְּעֵינַיִם
to be straight in the eyes (of someone) > to be accepted, to be approved, to please literally: to be straight in the eyes of someone; hence: = state/process by which humans consider someone or something good
NUM 23:27 · JDG 14:3 · JDG 14:7 · 1SA 18:20 · 1SA 18:26 · 2SA 17:4 · 1KI 9:12 · 1CH 13:4 · 2CH 30:4 · JER 18:4 · JER 27:5
Willing | verb pi
to consider right, to approve = state/process by which humans consider something morally and ethically right
1 ISA 45:2 MT-K אושׁר | MT-Q אֲיַשֵּׁר 2 PSA 5:9 MT-K הושׁר | MT-Q הַיְשַׁר
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
יָשַׁר vb. be smooth, straight, right Qal go straight
fig., be pleasing, agreeable, right
in ethical sense, straightforward, upright
Pi. make smooth, straight
lead straight along, direct
esteem right, approve
Pu. gold made level, laid smoothly out, upon the graven work
Hiph. let thine eyelids look straight before thee
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