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title: יִשַׁי — Jesse · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִשַׁי (3448), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 42 times: Jesse. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יִשַׁי

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«יִשַׁי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jesse** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 42 times · **Key:** 3448 · **BDB:** יִשַׁי

### Glosses

of.Jesse (21); Jesse (20); \[was\].Jesse (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jesse [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3448/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3448/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of David (etym. dub.; Ol§ 277 f. conj. יֵשׁ יָהּ; We 1 S 14:49 ישׁי = אישׁי = אבישׁי (but see this))—יִשַׁי 1 S 16:3 + 29 times; יִשָׁ֑י v 19 + 10 times; 𝔊 Ιεσσαι; (וְ)אִישַׁי 1 Ch 2:13;—+ יִשַׁי בֵּית־הַלַּחְמִי Jesse the Bethlehemite 1 S 16:1, 18 (בֶּן־ישׁי וגו׳, of David), 17:58†; ישׁי also 16:3 + 14 times 1 S 16, 17; †son of עוֹבֵד according to Ru 4:17, 22(×2) = 1 Ch 2:12; דָּוִ(י)ד בֶּן־ישׁי 2 S 23:1; 1 Ch 10:14; 29:26 ψ 72:20; אֱלִיאָב בֶּן־ישׁי 2 Ch 11:18; elsewhere בֶּן־ישׁי alone = David, 1 S 20:27, 30, 31; 22:7, 8, 9, 13; 25:10; 2 S 20:1; 1 K 12:16 = 2 Ch 10:16, 1 Ch 12:18; גֶּזַע יִשָׁ֑י Is 11:1; שֹׁרֶשׁ יִשַׁי v 10 of Jesse as ancestor of future (Messianic) king†.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 27 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִשַׁי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3448/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 72:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.72.20/)

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כָּלּ֥וּ תְפִלּ֑וֹת דָּ֝וִ֗ד בֶּן־יִשָֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* they.are.finished the.prayers of.David the.son of.Jesse

*JPS 1917:* The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

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[1 Chronicles 29:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.29.26/)

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וְדָוִיד֙ בֶּן־יִשָׁ֔י מָלַ֖ךְ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and David the.son of.Jesse he.reigned over all Israel

*JPS 1917:* Now David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.

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