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title: יְשָׁרָה — uprightness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְשָׁרָה (3483), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: uprightness. BDB 1906: n.f. uprightness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְשָׁרָה

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«יְשָׁרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **uprightness** — 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:** 3483 · **BDB:** יְשָׁרָה

### Glosses

uprightness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

uprightness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3483/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. uprightness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3483/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. uprightness;—בְּיִשְׁרַת לֵבָב 1 K 3:6 (for form see Bö§ 644 a Kö§ 90 (ii, 170)).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (19 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְשָׁרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3483/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 3:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.3.6/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה אַתָּ֨ה עָשִׂ֜יתָ עִם־עַבְדְּךָ֙ דָוִ֣ד אָבִי֮ חֶ֣סֶד גָּדוֹל֒ כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ הָלַ֨ךְ לְפָנֶ֜יךָ בֶּאֱמֶ֧ת וּבִצְדָקָ֛ה וּבְיִשְׁרַ֥ת לֵבָ֖ב עִמָּ֑ךְ וַתִּשְׁמָר־ל֗וֹ אֶת־הַחֶ֤סֶד הַגָּדוֹל֙ הַזֶּ֔ה וַתִּתֶּן־ל֥וֹ בֵ֛ן יֹשֵׁ֥ב עַל־כִּסְא֖וֹ כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Solomon you you.have.done with servant your David father my covenant.loyalty great just as he.walked before you in faithfulness and in righteousness and in uprightness of.heart with you and you.have.kept to him (et) the.covenant loyalty (the) great (the) this and you.have.given to him a.son \[who\].sits on throne his as the day (the) this

*JPS 1917:* And Solomon said: 'Thou hast shown unto Thy servant David my father great kindness, according as he walked before Thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with Thee; and Thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that Thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

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