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title: יֶשֶׁר — Jesher · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יֶשֶׁר (3475), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Jesher. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יֶשֶׁר

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«יֶשֶׁר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jesher** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3475 · **BDB:** יֶ֫שֶׁר

### Glosses

Jesher (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jesher [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3475/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3475/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (uprightness) son of Caleb 1 Ch 2:18 (on pointing v. Baer), 𝔊 Ιωασαρ, 𝔊L Σαρ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (22 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (18 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יֶשֶׁר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3475/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.18/)

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וְכָלֵ֣ב בֶּן־חֶצְר֗וֹן הוֹלִ֛יד אֶת־עֲזוּבָ֥ה אִשָּׁ֖ה וְאֶת־יְרִיע֑וֹת וְאֵ֣לֶּה בָנֶ֔יהָ יֵ֥שֶׁר וְשׁוֹבָ֖ב וְאַרְדּֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and Caleb the.son of.Hezron he.fathered with Azubah a.wife and with Jerioth and these sons \[were\].her Jesher and Shobab and Ardon

*JPS 1917:* And Caleb the son of Hezron begot children of Azubah his wife — and of Jerioth — and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

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