--- title: יְשׁוּעָה — salvation · The Tanakh dictionary description: יְשׁוּעָה (3444), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 78 times: salvation. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3444.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1497-5.md)‎ / יְשׁוּעָה‎ # יְשׁוּעָה «יְשׁוּעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **salvation** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 78 times · **Key:** 3444 · **BDB:** יְשׁוּעָה ### Glosses salvation (38); deliverance (12); the.salvation(s) (6) ### Meaning (OSHB) salvation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3444/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3444/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.f. salvation;—יְשׁ׳ ψ 119:155 + 18 times; יְשׁוּעָ֫תָה 3:3 Jon 2:10; יְשֻׁעָ֫תָה ψ 80:3; cstr. יְשׁוּעַת Ex 14:13 + 4 times; sf. יְשֻׁעָתִי Jb 30:15; יְשׁוּעָתִי ψ 62:2 + 12 times, + 25 times sfs.; pl. יְשׁוּעוֹת 2 S 22:51 + 6 times; יְשׁוּעֹת ψ 42:12 + 3 times; יְשֻׁעוֹת 53:7;— welfare, prosperity: כעב עברה ישׁעתי Jb 30:15 as a cloud my prosperity passed away. deliverance: והיתה לי לישׁועה and thou wilt be to me for deliverance 2 S 10:11 = 1 Ch 19:12. salvation by God, primarily from external evils, but often with added spiritual idea: Gn 49:18 (poem), Is 33:2; 52:7, 10; 59:11; 60:18; Jon 2:10 ψ 3:3, 9; 14:7 = 53:7, 22:2; 35:3; 62:2; 69:30; 70:5 (= תשׁועה 40:17), 78:22; 80:3; 91:16; 96:2 = 1 Ch 16:23, 106:4; 140:8; Jb 13:16; with verbs of rejoicing בישׁועה 1 S 2:1; Is 25:9 ψ 9:15; 13:6; 35:9; יְשׁוּעָה יָשִׁית חוֹמוֹת Is 26:1 salvation will he set as walls; cf. phr. אֱלֹהֵי ישׁ׳ ψ 88:2, אֵל ישׁ׳ Is 12:2, צוּר ישׁ׳ Dt 32:15 (song), ψ 89:27, cf. צוּרִי וִישׁוּעָתִי 62:3, 7; יוֹם ישׁ׳ Is 49:8; מַעַיְנֵי הישׁ׳ 12:3 wells of salvation; pl. יְשׁוּעוֹת (intensive), of י׳: יְשׁוּעוֹת פָּנַי ψ 42:6 the salvation of my face (person; פניו MT error, פני 𝔊 𝔖), v 12 43:5; כּוֹס ישׁועות 116:13 cup commemorating saving acts (of drink-offering); further ψ 119:123, 155, 166, 174; ‖ צְדָקָה Is 51:6, 8; 56:1; 62:1 ψ 98:2, 3; יְשׁוּעָתִי עַד־קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ Is 49:6 my salvation unto the ends of the earth; בְּכָל־גּוֹיִם יְשׁוּעָתֶ֑ךָ ψ 67:3 among all nations thy salvation. victory: c. עָשָׂה work victory 1 S 14:45; Is 26:18; elsewhere of victories wrought by Yahweh for his people Ex 15:2 (song) Is 12:2; Hb 3:8 ψ 20:6; 21:2, 6; 44:5; 68:20; 118:14, 15, 21; phrases: פעל יְשׁוּעוֹת do victories 74:12; חֹסֶן יְשׁוּעֹת Is 33:6 store of victories; מִגְדּוֹל יְשׁוּעוֹת 2 S 22:51 Qr tower of victories (Kt מַגְדִּיל and so ‖ ψ 18:51); מָעוֹז יְשׁוּעוֹת ψ 28:8 stronghold of victories; רְאוּ אֶת־יְשׁוּעַת י׳ Ex 14:13 (J) see the victory of Yahweh, 2 Ch 20:17; כּוֹבַע יְשׁוּעָה Is 59:17 helmet of victory; יְפָאֵר עֲנָוִים בִּישׁוּעָה ψ 149:4 he will beautify the meek with victory.—Cf. the syn. תְּשׁוּעָה, infr. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 77 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «יְשׁוּעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3444/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Genesis 49:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.18/) לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָ֖ קִוִּ֥יתִי יְהוָֽה׃ *Word for word:* for deliverance your I.wait.eagerly O.Yahweh *JPS 1917:* I wait for Thy salvation, O Lord. [Psalms 44:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.44.5/) אַתָּה־ה֣וּא מַלְכִּ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים צַ֝וֵּ֗ה יְשׁוּע֥וֹת יַעֲקֹֽב׃ *Word for word:* you he king \[are\].my O.God ordain the.victories of.Jacob *JPS 1917:* Thou art my King, O God; command the salvation of Jacob. - ← previous: [יֵשׁוּעַ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d9_5b5_5e9_5c1_5d5_5bc_5e2_5b7.md) - next →: [יֶשַׁח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3445.md) - ↑ back to [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1497-5.md)