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title: יֵשַׁע — deliverance · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יֵשַׁע (3468), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 36 times: deliverance. BDB 1906: n.m. deliverance, rescue, salvation safety, welfare. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יֵשַׁע

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«יֵשַׁע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **deliverance** — 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:** 36 times · **Key:** 3468 · **BDB:** יֵ֫שַׁע

### Glosses

salvation (10); my.salvation (8); our.salvation (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

deliverance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3468/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. deliverance, rescue, salvation safety, welfare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3468/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 51:5 deliverance, rescue, salvation, also safety, welfare;—יֵ֫שַׁע ψ 20:7 + 4 times; יֶ֫שַׁע Jb 5:11 + 4 times; sf. יִשְׁעִי 2 S 22:3 + 11 times, + 14 times sfs.;— safety, welfare, prosperity 2 S 23:5 ψ 12:6 Jb 5:4, 11. salvation, i.e. primarily physical rescue, by God, often with added spiritual idea: Is 62:11 ψ 69:14; 85:8, 10; יֵשַׁע אֱלֹהִים salvation from God ψ 50:23; used as infin. with acc. לְיֵשַׁע Hb 3:13(×2) (see Ew§ 239 a); accordingly Yahweh is אוֹרִי וְיִשְׁעִי my light and my salvation ψ 27:1; צוּר ישׁע 95:1; קֶרֶן ישׁע 18:3 = 2 S 22:3; אֱלֹהֵי ישׁע Is 17:10; Mi 7:7; Hb 3:18 ψ 18:47 = אֱלֹהֵי צוּר ישׁע 2 S 22:47, ψ 24:5; 25:5; 27:9; 65:6; 79:9; 85:5; 1 Ch 16:35; מָגֵן ישׁ׳ ψ 18:36 = 2 S 22:36; על אלהים ישׁעי ψ 62:8; ‖ צְדָקָה Is 45:8; 51:5; 61:10; שְׂשׂוֹן יִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ ψ 51:14 joy of thy salvation; כֹּהֲנֶיהָ אַלְבִּישׁ ישׁ׳ 132:16 her priests will I clothe with salvation. victory: גְּבוּרוֹת יֵשַׁע יְמִינוֹ ψ 20:7 the mighty deeds of the victory of his right hand.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 35 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יֵשַׁע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3468/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 5:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.11/)

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לָשׂ֣וּם שְׁפָלִ֣ים לְמָר֑וֹם וְ֝קֹדְרִ֗ים שָׂ֣גְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃

*Word for word:* to set lowly.\[people\] to a.high.place and mourners they.are.high safety

*JPS 1917:* So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.

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[Psalms 95:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.95.1/)

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לְ֭כוּ נְרַנְּנָ֣ה לַיהוָ֑ה נָ֝רִ֗יעָה לְצ֣וּר יִשְׁעֵֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* come let.us.sing.for.joy to Yahweh let.us.shout.for.joy to the.rock our.salvation our

*JPS 1917:* O come, let us sing unto the LORD; let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.

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