{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3474",
  "lemma": "יָשַׁר",
  "transliteration": "yâshar",
  "definition": "to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous",
  "kjv": "direct, fit, seem good (meet), [phrase] please (will), be (esteem, go) right (on)…",
  "occurrences": 26,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "יָשַׁר vb. be smooth, straight, right",
    "Qal",
    "1. go straight",
    "2. fig., be pleasing, agreeable, right",
    "3. in ethical sense, straightforward, upright",
    "Pi.",
    "1. make smooth, straight",
    "2. lead straight along, direct",
    "3. esteem right, approve",
    "Pu. gold made level, laid smoothly out, upon the graven work",
    "Hiph. let thine eyelids look straight before thee"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 23:27",
      "text": "Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/23?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 14:3",
      "text": "Then his father and his mother said to him, “Isn’t there a woman among your brothers’ daughters, or among all my…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 14:7",
      "text": "He went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 6:12",
      "text": "The cows took the straight way by the way to Beth Shemesh. They went along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn’t…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/6?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 18:20",
      "text": "Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/18?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 18:26",
      "text": "When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the deadline,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/18?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 17:4",
      "text": "The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/17?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 6:35",
      "text": "He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/6?v=35"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 9:12",
      "text": "Hiram came out of Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they didn’t please him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/9?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 40:3",
      "text": "The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of the LORD in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/40?v=3"
    }
  ],
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