יָשַׁר

“Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”

Numbers 23:27

• יִישַׁר֙yisharverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be pleasing

But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”

Judges 14:3

• יָשְׁרָ֥הyasherahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she is pleasing

Then Samson continued on his way down and spoke to the woman, because she was pleasing to his eyes.

Judges 14:7

• וַתִּישַׁ֖רvatisharHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she was pleasing

And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.

1 Samuel 6:12

• וַיִשַּׁ֨רְנָהvayisharnahHc/Vqw3fptagged: and they were straight

Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.

1 Samuel 18:20

• וַיִּשַׁ֥רvaiyisharHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was pleasing

When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,

1 Samuel 18:26

• וַיִּשַׁ֤רvaiyisharHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was pleasing

This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

2 Samuel 17:4

• וַיִּישַׁ֥רvaiyisharHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was pleasing

He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.

1 Kings 6:35

• מְיֻשָּׁ֖רmeyusharverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: made smooth

So Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.

1 Kings 9:12

• יָשְׁר֖וּyasheruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were pleasing

And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.

1 Chronicles 13:4

• יָשַׁ֥רyasharverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was pleasing

This proposal pleased the king and the whole assembly.

2 Chronicles 30:4

• וַיִּישַׁ֥רvaiyisharHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was pleasing

It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.

2 Chronicles 32:30

• וַֽיַּישְּׁרֵ֥םvaiyaishshremHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he directed them

Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.

Psalms 5:8

• הַיְשַׁ֖רhosharverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: make straight

Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.

Psalms 119:128

• יִשָּׁ֑רְתִּיyisharetiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I approve

in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:6

• יְיַשֵּׁ֥רyeyasherverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will make straight

Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.

Proverbs 4:25

• יַיְשִׁ֥רוּyayshiruverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them look straight

calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.

Proverbs 9:15

• הַֽ֝מְיַשְּׁרִ֗יםhamyasherimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those make straight

The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

Proverbs 11:5

• תְּיַשֵּׁ֣רteyasherverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it makes straight

Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.

Proverbs 15:21

• יְיַשֶׁר־yeyasher-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he makes straight

A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

Isaiah 40:3

• יַשְּׁרוּ֙yasheruverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: make straight

“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

Isaiah 45:2

• אֲיַשֵּׁ֑רʾoshirverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will make smooth

I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”

Isaiah 45:13

• אֲיַשֵּׁ֑רʾayasherverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will make smooth

But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.

Jeremiah 18:4

• יָשַׁ֛רyasharverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was pleasing

By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.

Jeremiah 27:5

• יָשַׁ֥רyasharverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is pleasing

Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—

Habakkuk 2:4

• יָשְׁרָ֥הyasherahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is upright