H3477. yashar

יָשָׁר‎ adjective straight, right; — ׳י‎ 1 Samuel 29:6 70t.; construct יְשַׁר‎ Proverbs 29:27; feminine יְשָׁרָה‎ Ezekiel 1:7 4t.; plural יְשָׁרִים‎ Numbers 23:10 31t.; construct יִשְׁרֵי‎ Psalm 7:11 8t.; feminine יְשָׁרוֺת‎ Ezekiel 1:23 (strike out Co); —

1 straight, level, of a way Isaiah 26:7; Jeremiah 31:9; Psalm 107:7; Ezra 8:21; foot Ezekiel 1:7; wings 1:23 (? see above)

2 right, pleasing:

a. to God, בעיני הַיָּשָׁר‎ that which is right, pleasing in the eyes of, agreeable to (either construct before ׳י‎, or with suffixes referring to him), especially in Deuteronomic writers, Exodus 15:26 (R), Deuteronomy 12:25; Deuteronomy 13:19; 21:9; 1 Kings 11:33, 38; 14:8; 15:5, 11; 22:43 2 Chronicles 20:32, 2 Kings 10:30; 12:3; 14:3; 15:3, 34; 16:2; 18:3; 22:3 2 Chronicles 24:2; 25:2; 26:4; 27:2; 28:1; 29:2; 34:2; Jeremiah 34:15; י בעיני והטוב ׳הישׁר‎ Deuteronomy 6:18; י בעיני והישׁר ׳הטוב‎ 12:28; 2 Chronicles 14:1; י לפני והאמת והישׁר ׳הטוב‎31:20.

b. to man, בעיני (ה)ישׁר‎ Deuteronomy 12:8; Judges 17:6; 21:25; 2 Samuel 19:7; Jeremiah 40:5; Proverbs 12:15; 21:2; בעיני ו(ה)ישׁר (ה)טוב‎ Joshua 9:25 (D), Jeremiah 26:14; 40:4; לִפְנֵיאִֿישׁ יָשָׁר דֶּרֶךְ יֵשׁ‎ Proverbs 14:12 there is a way which is pleasing before a man = 16:25.

3 straightforward, just upright:

a. of God, הוא וְיָשָׁר צַדִּיק‎ Deuteronomy 32:4 (song); י וישׁר ׳טוב‎ Psalm 25:8; י ׳ישׁר‎ Psalm 92:16; his ways Hosea 14:10; his משׁפטים‎ Nehemiah 9:13; Psalm 119:137; מִּקּוּדִים‎ 19:9; דָּבָר‎ 33:4; the words of divine wisdom Proverbs 8:9.

b. of man, God made him upright Ecclesiastes 7:29; but אָ֑יִן בָּאָדָם יָשָׁר‎ Micah 7:2 an upright man among men there is none and yet Job is וְיָשָׁר תָּם‎ Job 1:1 (see Da), 1:8; 2:3, compare Psalm 37:37; וישׁר זַךְ‎ Job 8:6; so earlier of David as an uprightman 1 Samuel 29:6; of man's doings "" זַךְ‎ Proverbs 20:11, compare 21:8; of his way of life "" טובה‎ 1 Samuel 12:23; יְשַׁרדֶּֿרֶךְ‎ Proverbs 29:27; יִשְׁרֵיּדֶֿרֶךְ‎ Psalm 37:14; of his heart, mind, and will, לֵבָב יִשְׁרֵי‎ upright of heart2 Chronicles 29:34; יִשְׁרֵילֵֿב‎ Psalm 7:11; 11:2; 32:11; 36:11; Psalm 64:11; 94:15; 97:11; בְּלִבּוֺתָם יְשָׁרִים‎ 125:4.

c. as a noun, (1) with reference to things, הֶעֱוֵיתִי יָשָׁר‎ the right I have perverted Job 33:27; יְעַקֵּ֑שׁוּ הַיְשָׁרָה‎ Micah 3:9 pervert the right (literally twist that which is straight); יְשָׁרִים דֹּבֵר‎ speaketh right things Proverbs 16:13, compare 2 Kings 10:15. (2) more commonly of men, in singular (ה)יָשָׁר‎ Micah 2:7; 7:4; 2 Kings 10:3; Proverbs 21:29; Job 23:7; collective, Psalm 11:7; also in הַיָּשָׁר סֵפֶר‎ book of the upright Joshua 10:13; 2 Samuel 1:18 (compare 1 Kings 8:53 ᵐ5‎; Dr^{Intr. 182}), a collection of ancient national poetry; in plural יְשָׁרִים‎ the upright, of pious Israel Numbers 23:10 (song E); elsewhere of the upright among the people of God as distinguished from the wicked, in Wisdom Literature. Job 4:7; 17:8; Proverbs 2:7, 21; 3:32; 11:3, 6, 11; 12:6; 14:9, 11; 15:8, 19; 16:17; 21:18; 28:10; 29:10, in late Psalm 33:1; 49:15; 107:42; 111:1; 112:2; 112:4; Psalm 140:14 and Daniel 11:17.

4 abstract, uprightness, וְיָשָׁר בֶּאֱמֶת‎ Psalm 111:8 (Thes), but read rather ישֶׁר‎ with Hi Ri Bae, after ᵑ7 ᵑ6 ᵐ5‎ Jerome.